פַּרpar

young bull, steer

Pronunciation: par · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6499

Meanings

1. as gift (Genesis 32:16; Psalms 22:13)

2. elsewhere as sacrifical victims

a. in peace-offering (Exodus 24:5; 1 Samuel 1:24; 1 Samuel 1:25)

b. burnt-offering (Judges 6:25; 1 Kings 18:23; 1 Kings 18:25)

c. sin-offering (Ezekiel 43:19; Exodus 29:1; Exodus 29:3)

d. more generally (Isaiah 1:11; Psalms 69:32)

e. bullocks, our lips (Hosea 14:3)

f. of princes and warriors slain by ׳ י, under figure of sacrifice (Isaiah 34:7; Jeremiah 50:27; Ezekiel 39:18)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 133 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 32:15 30 female camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
  • Exodus 24:5 Then he sent some of the young Israelite men to present burnt offerings and to sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the Lord.
  • Exodus 29:1 “This is the ceremony you must follow when you consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams with no defects.
  • Exodus 29:3 Place them all in a single basket, and present them at the entrance of the Tabernacle, along with the young bull and the two rams.
  • Exodus 29:10 “Bring the young bull to the entrance of the Tabernacle, where Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head.
  • Exodus 29:11 Then slaughter the bull in the Lord’s presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
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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).