פְּרִי
pᵉrîy · H6529 · Hebrew · 119 occurrences
Meanings
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fruit
Produce from crop-bearing trees and plants
ExamplesGenesis 1:11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to their kind with seed in them”; and it was so.
Genesis 1:12 The earth produced vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, according to their kind; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:29 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;
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fruit > products, crops
Literally: fruit; hence: products of the land, depicted as fruit; regarded as a blessing from God
ExamplesGenesis 4:3 So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the ground.
Leviticus 25:19 ‘Then the land will yield its produce, so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it.
Deuteronomy 1:25 “And they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us. They also brought us back a report and said, ‘The land that the LORD our God is about to give us is good.’
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fruit > offspring
Offspring of domestic animals, literally depicted as fruit, as if it were a plant; regarded as a blessing from God
ExamplesDeuteronomy 28:4 “Blessed will be the children of your womb, the produce of your ground, and the offspring of your animals: the newborn of your herd and the young of your flock.
Deuteronomy 28:11 “And the LORD will give you more than enough prosperity, in the children of your womb, in the offspring of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
Deuteronomy 28:51 “Furthermore, it will eat the offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed; a nation that will leave you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the newborn of your cattle or the young of your flock, until they have eliminated you.
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fruit, doing, consequence, result, reward
The resulting effect of one's act or speech or decision
ExamplesProverbs 1:31 “So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes.
Proverbs 8:19 “My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold; And my yield better than choice silver.
Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And one who is wise gains souls.
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fruit > offspring
Offspring of human beings, literally depicted as the fruit of the womb, as if it were a plant; regarded as a blessing from God
ExamplesGenesis 30:2 Then Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
Deuteronomy 7:13 “And He will love you, bless you, and make you numerous; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain, your new wine, and your oil, the newborn of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land which He swore to your forefathers to give you.
Deuteronomy 28:4 “Blessed will be the children of your womb, the produce of your ground, and the offspring of your animals: the newborn of your herd and the young of your flock.
How it’s used In 10 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
103 occurrences in 28 groups
- הוּhis 18
- אֲדָמָהground 14
- בֶּטֶןwomb, belly 11
- הּher 10
- עֵץtree, wood 9
- הֶםtheir 6
- Other words · 18 groups that occur once or twice (19) 19
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- זָרַעto sow 1
- זֶרַעoffspring, seed 1
- יָתַרto remain 1
Named alongside itApposition
4 occurrences in 7 groups
- עַשְׁתְּרָהyoung sheep 2
- שֶׁגֶרyoung 2
- בָּשָׂרflesh 1
- דָּגָןgrain 1
- יִצְהָרolive oil 1
- עוֹלֵלchild 1
What it doesIt is the subject
10 occurrences in 6 groups
- בָרַךְto bless 3
- הָיָהto be, to become 2
- אָרַרto curse 2
- מָצָאto find 1
- רָעַשׁto tremble 1
- תָּמַםto be finished, to come to an end, to perish 1
What is done to itIt is the object
55 occurrences in 17 groups
- אָכַלto eat, to devour 23
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 9
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 6
- נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 3
- Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָאָהto see 1
What it is said to bePredicate
7 occurrences in 7 groups
- טוֹבgood 1
- מָתוֹקtasty 1
- עֵץtree, wood 1
- צַדִּיקrighteous, just, right 1
- שָׂכָרhire 1
- שָׂרָףcarpet viper 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- זֶהthis 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
30 occurrences in 6 groups
- מִןfrom 30
- בin/on/with 8
- כlike/as 4
- עַלon, upon, over, against 2
- לto/for 2
- עִםwith 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- עֵץtree, wood 3
- רֵאשִׁיתbeginning, first, best 2
- בִּכּוּרfirst fruits 1
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 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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In the other Testament 2 words
- καρπός karpós · G2590 · fruit, harvest, crop
- Greek καρπός is the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew פְּרִי, both denoting literal agricultural fruit and figurative outcomes/rewards, with direct semantic correspondence across both literal and metaphorical senses.
- γέννημα génnēma · G1081 · offspring, produce, yield
- γέννημα emphasizes produce as offspring/generation of plants (what is born/generated from them), while פְּרִי is the general term for fruit/produce as agricultural yield or reward, without necessarily emphasizing the generative aspect.
Semantic domains 5 entries
- Fruits001003001003004
- פְּרִי most often denotes fruit, the produce of a tree, as of the fruit-bearing trees God creates in Genesis 1:11 and 1:12, and the forbidden fruit of the garden discussed in Genesis 3:2 and 3:3.
- Crops001003001003002
- The word's sense of produce extends to cultivated crops more generally, closely related to the fruit-bearing trees and plants already illustrated in Genesis 1:11 and 1:12.
- Domestic Animals001001002002
- This domain's connection to פְּרִי is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, though the word's range extends idiomatically to the offspring or increase of one's livestock.
- Happen002002003003
- This domain's connection to פְּרִי is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of literal fruit rather than an event or occurrence.
- Relatives001001003012
- The word also denotes the fruit of the womb, a person's own offspring or children, a well-attested idiom for descendants throughout the Old Testament.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6529. peri מְּרִי119 noun masculineHos 14:9 fruit; — absolute ׳פ Hos 9:16 +, מֶּ֑רִי Jer…
מְּרִי119 noun masculineHos 14:9 fruit; — absolute ׳פ Hos 9:16 +, מֶּ֑רִי Jer 12:12 +; especially construct מְּרִי Gen 4:3 +; suffix מִּרְיִי Pro 8:19, מֶּרְיְךָ Hos 14:9, מִּרְיוֺ Gen 3:6 +, וּפֶרְיְכֶם Eze 36:8, מְּרִיהֶם Amo 9:14, מִּרְיָם Lam 2:20 +, מִּרְיָמוֺ Psa 21:11, מְּרִיהֶן Jer 29:28, מִּרְיָן Jer 29:5, etc.; —
1 הָאֲרָמָה מְּרִי Gen 4:3 (J), fruit of the ground, of produce in General, so Deu 7:13 Deu 7:9t. Deuteronomy + 3t.; ׳פ הָאֶרֶץ Num 13:20, Num 13:26, Num 13:27 (JE) + 5 t., compare Eze 25:4; fruit of vineyard 2Ki 19:29 = Isa 37:30; Zec 8:12; Isa 65:21; Son 8:11-12, in figure Hos 10:11 Hos 10:5t. + Eze 17:14 (but strike out ᵐ5 Co and others); especially ׳פ הָעֵץ Gen 3:2-3, Gen 3:6; Exo 10:15 (all J) + 21 t., also, in figure, Amo 2:9; Hos 9:16 Hos 9:4t. + Eze 17:23 (read מּאֹרָה branches Co and others); of gardens Amo 9:14; Jer 29:5, Jer 29:28, figurative Son 4:12, Son 4:16; מְּרִי עֵץ is fruit-tree Gen 1:11; Psa 148:9, compare Ecc 2:5; מְּרִי אֶרֶץ Psa 107:34; תְּבוּאָךְ מְּרִי Psa 107:37 fruit of (consisting in) a crop; Psa 72:16 is dubious; Che Du interpret as
2; Bae proposes יִפְרוּ.
2 = offspring: fruit of womb (בֶּטֶן) Gen 30:2; Deu 7:13 Deu 7:9t., compare Lam 2:20; Psa 21:11; of cattle (בְּהֵמָה) Deu 28:4, Deu 28:11, Deu 28:51; Deu 30:9; of serpent, figurative of power conquering Philistia Isa 14:29.
3 figurative of fruit of actions, i.e. their consequences: good Isa 3:10; Psalm 58:12; bad Hos 10:13; Pro 1:31; Mic 7:13, of thoughts Jer 6:19; of result of removing sin Isa 27:9; result of labour (fruit of hands) Pro 31:16, Pro 31:31; product of works of ׳י Psa 104:13, of wisdom Pro 8:19; ׳פ צְדָקָה Amo 6:12, compare ׳פ צַדִּיק Pro 11:30 (read ᵐ5 צֶדֶק Hi Toy); of doings (i.e. course of life, or character) Jer 17:10; Jer 21:14; Jer 32:19; ׳פ פִיאִֿישׁ i.e. speech Pro 12:14; Pro 13:2; Pro 18:20; fruit of arrogance Isa 10:12 is arrogant speech; fruit of tongue Pro 18:21 +?
I, II. מָּרָה see III. פרר. מֶּרֶה see מֶּרֶא.
[מֵּרָה], מֵּרוֺת Isa 2:20 see [ חֲפַרְמָּרָה].
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
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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