פְּרַק
pᵉraq · H6562 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to break off, to stop
Literally: to break off (an activity); hence: action by which humans intentionally stop engaging in a certain activity
ExamplesDaniel 4:27 ‘Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: wipe away your sin by doing righteousness, and your wrongdoings by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’
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
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֲטִיsin 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with+ צִדְקָהrighteousness 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
- שָׁבַר shâbar · H7665 · to break, to shatter, to maul
- שָׁבַר is the most common Hebrew verb for breaking or shattering, overlapping semantically with פְּרַק in the sense of breaking something apart, though שָׁבַר is more general and frequent.
- נָתַק nâthaq · H5423 · to pull off, to tear off, to wrench off
- נָתַק specifically denotes tearing away or breaking off (as of bonds or attachments), closely matching the 'break off' sense of פְּרַק in contexts of separation or severing.
Contrasting words 2 words
- דָּבַק dâbaq · H1692 · to stick together, to cling together, to cling
- דָּבַק means to cling, cleave, or join together, the direct opposite of פְּרַק 'break off' which denotes separation or severing.
- חָבַר châbar · H2266 · to be joined together, to touch (one another), to join together
- חָבַר means to join or bind together, the lexical opposite of breaking off or separating, making it an antonym of פְּרַק.
In the other Testament 2 words
- λύω lýō · G3089 · to untie, to loosen, to release
- λύω is the standard Greek verb for breaking, loosening, or destroying, making it a natural translation equivalent for the Hebrew פְּרַק 'break off' in contexts of breaking or severing.
- ῥήγνυμι rhḗgnymi · G4486 · to tear, to rip, to burst
- ῥήγνυμι specifically denotes breaking, bursting, or tearing apart, closely matching the sense of פְּרַק 'break off' in violent separation or breaking contexts.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Detach002003001006
- Daniel 4:27 recounts Daniel's advice to the king, “wipe away your sin by doing righteousness, and your wrongdoings by showing mercy to the poor.”
- Non-Whole002003001021
- This same clause in Daniel 4:27 — “wipe away your sin by doing righteousness” — carries the shared lemma-cluster grouping's near-identical “to remove” sense as well, since wiping away sin is itself a removal of it.
- Safe002003003019
- This Safe code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to rescue” sense; this word's own occurrence describes breaking off sin through righteousness, never a rescue being accomplished.
- Non-Engage002003003012
- This Non-Engage code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to break off; to stop” sense; this word's own occurrence describes breaking off sin through righteousness, never a general stopping or ceasing of an activity.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6562. peraq [מְּרַק] verb tear away, break off (see Biblical Hebrew [מָּרַק]); — Pe`al…
[מְּרַק] verb tear away, break off (see Biblical Hebrew [מָּרַק]); —
Pe`al Imperative masculine singular מְּרֻק Dan 4:24 (compare Dr), acc of sins + ב instrumental
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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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