פָּרַץpârats
break through
Pronunciation: paw-rats' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6555
Meanings
Qal: break through (2 Samuel 5:20; Psalms 60:3; Exodus 1:12)
1. break or burst out (Genesis 38:29; Micah 2:13)
2. break through, down (Isaiah 5:5; Psalms 80:13; Psalms 89:41)
3. break into (2 Chronicles 24:7)
4. break open (Job 28:4)
5. break up, break in pieces (2 Chronicles 20:37)
6. break out, upon, (violently) (2 Samuel 5:20; 1 Chronicles 14:11; Psalms 60:3)
7. use violence (Hosea 4:2)
8. break over, increase (Genesis 30:30; 1 Chronicles 4:38; Genesis 28:14)
9. burst open (Proverbs 3:10)
10. spread, i.e. become known (2 Chronicles 31:5; 1 Chronicles 13:2; 2 Chronicles 11:23)
Niph`al: spread abroad, i.e. general, or frequent, compare Qal 10 (1 Samuel 3:1)
Pu`al: (of wall) (Nehemiah 1:3)
Hithpa`el: who break away (1 Samuel 25:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 48 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 28:14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
- Genesis 30:30 You had little indeed before I came, but your wealth has increased enormously. The Lord has blessed you through everything I’ve done. But now, what about me? When can I start providing for my own family?”
- Genesis 30:43 As a result, Jacob became very wealthy, with large flocks of sheep and goats, female and male servants, and many camels and donkeys.
- Genesis 38:29 But then he pulled back his hand, and out came his brother! “What!” the midwife exclaimed. “How did you break out first?” So he was named Perez.
- Exodus 1:12 But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites multiplied and spread, and the more alarmed the Egyptians became.
- Exodus 19:22 Even the priests who regularly come near to the Lord must purify themselves so that the Lord does not break out and destroy them.”
See every passage
- Genesis 28:14, 30:30, 30:43, 38:29
- Exodus 1:12, 19:22, 19:24
- 1 Samuel 3:1, 25:10, 28:23
- 2 Samuel 5:20, 6:8, 13:25, 13:27
- 2 Kings 5:23, 14:13
- 1 Chronicles 4:38, 13:2, 13:11, 14:11, 15:13
- 2 Chronicles 11:23, 20:37, 24:7, 25:23, 26:6, 31:5, 32:5
- Nehemiah 1:3, 4:3, 4:7
- Job 1:10, 16:14, 28:4
- Psalms 60:1, 80:12, 89:40, 106:29
- Proverbs 3:10, 25:28
- Ecclesiastes 3:3, 10:8
- Isaiah 5:5, 54:3
- Hosea 4:2, 4:10
- Micah 2:13
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).