פּוּרpûwr

פָּרַר: Hiph`il: break, frustrate (Isaiah 33:8; Genesis 17:14; Numbers 15:31)

Pronunciation: poor · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6331

Meanings

1. break, violate

a. of ׳ י (Judges 2:1; Jeremiah 14:21; Leviticus 26:44)

b. of men violating covenant with ׳ י (Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 31:32; Deuteronomy 31:16)

c. of men breaking compact, league (with men) (Isaiah 33:8; 1 Kings 15:19; 2 Chronicles 16:3)

d. of destroying the אַחֲוָה between Judah and Israel (Zechariah 11:14)

e. of breaking ׳ י's מִצְוָה (Numbers 15:31; Ezra 9:14; Psalms 119:126)

2. frustrate, make ineffectual

a. counsel (2 Samuel 15:34; 2 Samuel 17:14; Ezra 4:5)

b. make vow (נֶדֶר) ineffectual, annul it (Numbers 30:9; Numbers 30:14; Numbers 30:13)

c. of annulling (godly) fear (Job 15:4; Psalms 89:34; Psalms 85:4)

d. dubious (Ecclesiastes 12:5)

Hoph`al

1. be frustratred (Isaiah 8:10)

2. be broken (Jeremiah 33:21; Zechariah 11:11; Isaiah 28:18)

Pilpel: shattered (Job 16:12)

פָּרַר: split, divide

Qal: split or cracked through is the earth (Isaiah 24:19)

Po`êl: thou, didst divide (Psalms 74:13)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Psalms 33:10 The Lord frustrates the plans of the nations and thwarts all their schemes.
  • Psalms 89:33 But I will never stop loving him nor fail to keep my promise to him.
  • Ezekiel 17:19 “So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will punish him for breaking my covenant and disregarding the solemn oath he made in my name.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).