Word

פָּרַר

pârar · H6565 · Hebrew · 51 occurrences

See all 51 in Search

Meanings

to be split, to be cracked

Process by which an object develops cracks

Examples
Isaiah 24:19 The earth is broken apart, The earth is split through, The earth is shaken violently.
to split, to divide

Literally: to break (the sea); hence: causative process by which deities cause objects to divide themselves into two parts

Examples
Psalm 74:13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
to break, to annul, to reverse

Literally: to break (an agreement); hence: causative action by which humans or deities cause an agreement or relationship, such as a vow or a covenant to become invalid

Examples
Genesis 17:14 “But as for an uncircumcised male, one who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
Leviticus 26:15 if, instead, you reject My statutes, and if your soul loathes My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments, but rather to break My covenant,
Leviticus 26:44 ‘Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, nor will I so loathe them as to destroy them, breaking My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
to break

Literally: to break (a law); hence: action by which humans intentionally do not perform an event that they were bound by law to perform

Examples
Numbers 15:31 ‘Since he has despised the word of the LORD and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his guilt will be on him.’”
Ezra 9:14 shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not be angry with us to the point of destruction, until there would be no remnant nor any who would escape?
Psalm 119:126 It is time for the LORD to act, For they have broken Your Law.
to suppress, to push away

Literally: to break (an activity); hence: action by which humans intentionally do not engage in a certain activity

Examples
Job 15:4 “Indeed, you do away with reverence, And hinder meditation before God.
Psalm 85:4 Restore us, God of our salvation, And cause Your indignation toward us to cease.
to fail, to come to naught

Literally: (a plan) is broken; hence: process by which plans or activities fail to meet their purpose

Examples
Proverbs 15:22 Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed.
Ecclesiastes 12:5 Furthermore, people are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while the mourners move around in the street.
Isaiah 8:10 “Devise a plan, but it will fail; State a proposal, but it will not stand, For God is with us.”
to cause to fail, to frustrate

Literally: to break (a plan); hence: causative action by which humans or deities cause the plans of (other) humans not to succeed

Examples
2 Samuel 15:34 “But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; even as I was your father’s servant in time past, so now I will also be your servant,’ then you can foil the advice of Ahithophel for me.
2 Samuel 17:14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had ordained to foil the good advice of Ahithophel, in order for the LORD to bring disaster on Absalom.
Ezra 4:5 and bribed advisers against them to frustrate their advice all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
to break, to shatter

Literally: (God) breaks (humans); hence: causative action by which deities cause humans to suffer in such a way that it completely upsets their reality

Examples
Job 16:12 “I was at ease, but He shattered me, And He has grasped me by my neck and shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target.

How it’s used In 6 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

48 occurrences in 18 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 12
Not stated (infinitive) 8
Not stated: you (one person) 6
אִישׁman, person, each 3
Not stated: they 3
Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

41 occurrences in 17 groups

בְּרִיתcovenant, treaty 21
עֵצָהcounsel, advice, plan 4
הֶםthem 3
Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

12 occurrences in 13 groups

Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 2 groups

לֹאnot 2
אַלnot, do not 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 7

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.

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.

Semantic domains 6 entries

Impact002001001024: פָּרַר most often means to break or annul, as of the covenant a man is warned not to break by leaving his flesh uncircumcised in Genesis 17:14, and the covenant the LORD will not break even in judgment in Leviticus 26:44.
Non-Whole002003001021: This domain's connection to פָּרַר is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of breaking a covenant or command rather than a physical division.
End002003003010: The word describes bringing something to nothing or causing it to cease, as of the covenant the LORD will not break or bring to an end even while His people are in the land of their enemies in Leviticus 26:44.
Non-Engage002003003012: This domain's connection to פָּרַר is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of breaking a covenant rather than ceasing an activity.
Fail002003003013: The word describes a vow or obligation failing to stand, as of the widow's or divorced woman's vow that shall remain valid against her, not annulled, in Numbers 30:9.
Unsafe002003003022: This domain's connection to פָּרַר is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of breaking or annulling a covenant or command rather than a state of danger.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

פָּרַרpârar · H6565פַּר par · H6499 · bull · 133×פָּרָה pârâh · H6510 · cow · 26×פָּרוּר pârûwr · H6517 · pot, cooking pot · 3×

Topical studies with this word 6 entries

Impact2 occurrences Non-Whole1 occurrence End32 occurrences Non-Engage5 occurrences Fail10 occurrences Unsafe1 occurrence

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.

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