פָּרָהpârâh
bear fruit, be fruitful
Pronunciation: paw-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6509
Meanings
Qal: active (Exodus 1:7; Genesis 26:22; Isaiah 11:1)
1. of men and animals (Exodus 23:30; Genesis 26:22; Jeremiah 3:16)
2. of vine (Isaiah 32:12; Psalms 128:3; Ezekiel 19:10)
Hiph`il
1. cause to bear fruit
2. make fruitful
3. shew fruitfullness, bear fruit (Hosea 13:15)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 29 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 1:22 Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
- Genesis 1:28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
- Genesis 8:17 Release all the animals—the birds, the livestock, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—so they can be fruitful and multiply throughout the earth.”
- Genesis 9:1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth.
- Genesis 9:7 Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth.”
- Genesis 17:6 I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!
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).