פָּרַדpârad
divide
Pronunciation: paw-rad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6504
Meanings
Qal: i.e. spread, of wings (Ezekiel 1:11)
Niph`al
1. divide, separate (Genesis 2:10; Genesis 13:9; Genesis 13:11)
2. be divided, separated (2 Samuel 1:23; Nehemiah 4:13; Proverbs 19:4)
Pi`el: make a separation, i.e. go apart (Hosea 4:14)
Pu`al: divided (Esther 3:8)
Hiph`il
1. divide, separate (Genesis 30:40; Deuteronomy 32:8; Proverbs 16:28)
2. make a division, separation (2 Kings 2:11; Ruth 1:17; Proverbs 18:18)
Hithpa`el: be divided, separated, from each other (Psalms 22:15; Psalms 92:10; Job 4:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 26 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 2:10 A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches.
- Genesis 10:5 Their descendants became the seafaring peoples that spread out to various lands, each identified by its own language, clan, and national identity.
- Genesis 10:32 Conclusion These are the clans that descended from Noah’s sons, arranged by nation according to their lines of descent. All the nations of the earth descended from these clans after the great flood.
- Genesis 13:9 The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I’ll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I’ll go to the left.”
- Genesis 13:11 Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram.
- Genesis 13:14 After Lot had gone, the Lord said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.
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).