פַּרְעָה
parʻâh · H6546 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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Loose hair on one's head
ExamplesDeuteronomy 32:42 ‘I will make My arrows drunk with blood, And My sword will devour flesh, With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the long-haired leaders of the enemy.’
Judges 5:2 “For the leaders leading in Israel, For the people volunteering, Bless the LORD!
How it’s used In 3 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֹיֵבenemy 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- פָּרַעto let hang loose 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 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 2 words
- נָקָם nâqâm · H5359 · vengeance
- The more common Hebrew noun for vengeance/revenge (from the root נקם). Both פַּרְעָה and נָקָם denote the abstract concept of revenge or avenging, though נָקָם is far more frequent and appears in texts like Deut 32:35, Ps 94:1, Ezek 25:15. They are functionally interchangeable as nouns for the concept of revenge.
- נְקָמָה nᵉqâmâh · H5360 · vengeance
- Feminine form of the noun for vengeance/revenge (from the root נקם), appearing in texts like Judg 11:36, Jer 50:15, 51:6. As an abstract noun for the act or concept of revenge/vengeance, it is semantically equivalent to פַּרְעָה.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἐκδίκησις ekdíkēsis · G1557 · to give someone justice, to pay back, to revenge
- Greek noun denoting the act of avenging or exacting vengeance/punishment, the standard LXX and NT term for revenge/vengeance concepts that translate Hebrew נָקָם and related terms. A natural translation equivalent for the Hebrew abstract noun for 'avenging/revenge.'
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- פַּרְעָה denotes those who take the lead, as of the long-haired leaders of the enemy struck down in vengeance in Deuteronomy 32:42, and the leaders of Israel who take the lead in battle, praised in Deborah's song in Judges 5:2.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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