Strong's Lexicon

H6501

H6501 — פֶּרֶא פֶּרֶה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewperenoun mascOccurrences: 10TWOT: 1805a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6501
Word:	פֶּרֶא פֶּרֶה
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H6500 in the secondary sense of running wild
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	10
Transliteration:	pere
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	peh'-reh (or pereh (Jeremiah 2) n-m.
Meaning:	1. the onager
KJV Renderings:	wild (ass).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6753

פֶּ֫רֶא noun masculine^{Job 39:5} (masculine and feminine Jer 2:24, but feminine probably erroneous, compare Kö^{Synt. 157} Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 68}) wild ass (probably from swiftness); — ׳ פ absolute Hos 8:9 + (so Jer 2:24 Gi; van d. H. Baer פֶּרֶךְ), construct Gen 16:12 plural פְּרָאִים Jer 14:6 +; — wild ass Jer 14:6; Job 6:5; Job 39:5; Isa 32:14; Ps 104:11 ׳ עַיִר פ Job 11:12 wild ass's colt; אָדָם ׳ פ Gen 16:12 ( J ) a wild ass of a man (Ishmael as a free nomad); figurative of wilfulness Hos 8:9 (see I. בָּדַד ); of lust Jer 2:24 (i.e. Israel's love of idolatry); of poor desert-dwellers Job 24:5.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke