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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #6473 - פָּעַר
Transliteration
pâʻar
Phonetics
paw-ar'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
verb
TWOT
1794
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- to open wide, gape
- (Qal) to gape
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (4)
Job
2
Psalms
1
Isaiah
1
BSB (4)
Job
2
Psalms
1
Isaiah
1
CSB (4)
Job
2
Psalms
1
Isaiah
1
ESV (4)
Job
2
Psalms
1
Isaiah
1
KJV (4)
Job
2
Psalms
1
Isaiah
1
LEB (4)
Job
2
Psalms
1
Isaiah
1
LSB (6)
Job
3
Psalms
2
Isaiah
1
N95 (3)
Job
2
Isaiah
1
NAS (5)
Job
2
Psalms
2
Isaiah
1
NLT (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
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this Strong's Number
WEB (4)
Job
2
Psalms
1
Isaiah
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
[מָּעַר] verb open wide (the mouth) (Late Hebrew rarely = Biblical Hebrew, usually open bowels, go to stool; compare Jewish-Aramaic מְּעַר; Arabic
and Syriac
= Biblical Hebrew,
chasm); —
Qal Perfect of voracious greed, figurative 3 feminine singular וּפָֽעֲרָה מִּיהָ Isaiah 5:14 (of Sheôl), 3 plural מָּֽעֲרוּ עָלַיבְּפִיהֶם (Ges§ 119q) Job 16:10; of eager desire (good sense), מִּיהֶם מָּֽעֲרוּ Job 29:23, מִּיפָֿעַרְתִּי Psalm 119:131.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
פָּעַר with the addition of פֶּה and בְּפֶה (Job 16:10) to open the mouth with a wide gape, as done by ravenous beasts, Job 16:10 by those who are in longing desire, Job 29:23; Psalms 119:131 poet. used of Hades, Isaiah 5:14. (Syr. ܦܥܰܪ, Arab. فغر id.) Hence the pr.n. פְּעוֹר and
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List of Word Forms
וּפָעֲרָ֥ה ופערה פָ֭עַרְתִּי פָּעֲר֥וּ פָּעֲר֬וּ פערו פערתי Faarti p̄ā‘artî pā‘ărū pā·‘ă·rū p̄ā·‘ar·tî paaRu ū·p̄ā·‘ă·rāh ufaaRah ūp̄ā‘ărāh