פּוּר
pûwr · H6331 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to cause to fail, to break
Causative action by which deities cause the plans of humans not to succeed
ExamplesPsalm 33:10 The LORD nullifies the plan of nations; He frustrates the plans of peoples.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עֵצָהcounsel, advice, plan 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- הָבַל hâbal · H1891 · to become futile, to fail, to cause to become futile
- Both words concern failure and frustration, but from different aspects: הָבַל (hâbal, H1891) focuses on becoming vain, empty or useless, while פּוּר (pûwr, H6331) focuses on breaking or nullifying.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Fail002003003013
- פּוּר means to break or bring to nought, a frustrating or nullifying of a plan or purpose.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6331. pur [מָּרַר] verb Hiph`il break, frustrate (Late Hebrew Pi`el crumble;…
[מָּרַר] verb Hiph`il break, frustrate (Late Hebrew Pi`el crumble; Jewish-Aramaic מְּרַר; Assyrian parâru, destroy; II. shatter; Lihyanian והפרו destroy, DHMEpigr. Denkm., No. 21, 7); — Perfect3masculine singular הֵפֵר Isa 33:8 +, הֵפַ֑ר Gen 17:14; Num 15:31; also metaplastic from הֵפִיר Eze 17:19; Psa 33:10 (Ges§ 67v); 2 masculine singular וְהֵפַרְדָמתּ֫ה 2Sa 15:34, etc., Imperfect3masculine singular יָפֵר Num 30:13 +, וַיָּפֶר Neh 4:9, etc.; also 1singular אָפִיר Psa 89:34 (Gesi.c.); Imperative masculine singular הָפֵר2Ch 16:3; Psa 85:5, הָפֵרָה 1Ki 15:19; Infinitive absolute הָפֵר Pro 15:22 +; construct לְהָפֵר 2Sa 17:14 +, לְהָפֵיר Zec 11:10, suffix לְהַפְרְכֶם Lev 26:15 (Ges§ 67dd); Participle מֵפֵר Isa 44:25; Job 5:12; —
1 break, violate, especially with accusative בְּרִית:
a. of ׳י Jdg 2:1; Jer 14:21; Lev 26:44; Zec 11:10.
b. of men violating covenant with ׳י Jer 11:10; Jer 31:32; Deu 31:16, Deu 31:20; Lev 26:15; Eze 44:7; Gen 17:14; Isa 24:5 compare Jer 33:20.
c. of men breaking compact, league (with men), Isa 33:8; 1Ki 15:19 2Ch 16:3; Eze 17:15-16, Eze 17:18, Eze 17:19.
d. of destroying the אַחֲוָה between Judah and Israel Zec 11:14.
e. of breaking ׳יs מִצְוָה Num 15:31; Ezr 9:14, תּוֺרָה Psa 119:126.
2 frustrate, make ineffectual::
a. counsel (עֵצָה) 2Sa 15:34; 2Sa 17:14; Ezr 4:5; ׳י subject Neh 4:9; Psa 33:10; of man frustrating ׳יs counsel Isa 14:27, so, with accusative מִשְׁמָּט Job 40:8; with accusative מַחֲשָׁבוֺת in General, of men Pro 15:22, ׳י subject Job 15:12 so, with accusative אֹתוֺת Isa 44:25.
b. make vow (נֶדֶר) ineffectual, annul it Num 30:9; Num 30:14 (opposed to חֵקִים), Num 30:13, also (Imperfect + Infinitive absolute) Num 30:13, Num 30:16.
c. of annulling (godly) fear Job 15:4 מֵעִמּוֺ אָפִיר לֹא חַסְדִּי, Psa 89:34 read probably אָסִיר Ol Che Bae and others; כַּעַסְךָ הָפֵר Psa 85:4 (read ᵐ5 הָסֵר Bi Che).
d. הָאֲבֵיּוֺנָה וְתָפֵר Ecc 12:5 is dubious: De Wild and others fails (to excite [? וְתֻפַר
Hoph`al is made ineffectual]); Ew bursts (Siegf וְתֻפַר); but caper-berry not dehiscent (PostFlora of Syr. 106 ff.); M'Lean-DyerEncy. Bid. 696.): PostLetter, July 28, 1901 breaks up (by shrivelling), figurative of failing sexual power; Aq from פרה bear fruit (compare GFMJBL x (1891), 60); PerlesAnal. 30 וְתִפְרַח.
Hoph`al Imperfect
1 be frustratred, 3 feminine singular וְתֻפָ֑ר Isa 8:10 (of עֵצָה).
2 be broken, of covenant, 3 feminine singular תֻּפַר Jer 33:21; וִתֻּפַר Zec 11:11; so Isa 28:18 (read וְתֻפַר for וְכֻמַּר, see ׳כ).
Pilpel Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיְפַרְמְּרֵנִי Job 16:12 he hath shattered me.
II. [מָּרַר] verb split, divide (so Psa 74:13 seems to require [but √ פור SS is possible], compare Arabic split, tear, rend; perhaps = I.; > BuhlLex. shake, quike, citing Arabic shake Aramaic אִתְמַּרְמַּר, , compare Late Hebrew מִּרְמֵּר); —
Qal Infinitive absolute +
Hithpo`el. Perfect3feminine singular אֶרֶץ הִתְמּוֺרְרָה מּוֺר Isa 24:19 split or cracked through is the earth (CheHeb.Hpt. התפרקה פרוק).
Po`êl Perfect2masculine singular מּוֺרַרְתָּ Psa 74:13 thou [׳י] didst divide the sea.
III. פרר (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew מָּרָה מַּר = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic young of ewe, cow, or goat; Syriac ewe (compare NöZMG xl (1886), 734), and so Assyrian parru, according to Jen and ZimZA iii. 202).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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