BDB6751
I. פרא see Hiph`il Imperfect יַפְרִיא below פרה.
Strong's Lexicon
H6509
H6509 — פָּרָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H6509 |
|---|---|
| Word: | פָּרָה |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 29 |
| Transliteration: | parah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | paw-raw' |
| Meaning: | 1. to bear fruit (literally or figuratively) |
| KJV Renderings: | bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB6762
[פָּרָה] verb bear fruit, be fruitful (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew 1, פְּרִי = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician פר fruit; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 4305], [untranscribed source text 4306] blossom, bear fruit; Assyrian pir'u , posterity; compare also ᵑ7 פֵּירָא Syriac [untranscribed source text 4307] fruit, and BaZMG xii (1887), 604): —
Qal
Perfect 3 plural פָּרוּ
Exod 1:7 1 plural
consecutive וּפָרִינוּ
Gen 26:22, etc.;
Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִפְרֶה
Isa 11:1, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular פְּרֵה
Gen 35:11,
masculine plural פְּרוּ
Gen 1:22 +;
Participle
active
פֹּרֶה
Deut 29:17,
feminine פֹּרִיָּה
Ezek 19:10;
Isa 17:6,
פֹּרָת (Ges«GKC:80g»§ 80g; for *פֹּרַיַת
LagBN 81) Gen 49:22 (twice in verse); —
1. of men and animals, Exod 23:30 (
E
) Gen
26:22 (
J
); especially + רבה
Jer 3:16; Jer 23:3; Ezek 36:11
; Gen 35:11;
Gen 47:27 (
P
), and שָׁרַץ (
P
) Gen 8:17
; Gen 9:7;
Exod 1:7, ׳
פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ וגו
Gen 1:22; Gen 1:28; Gen 9:1.
2. of vine, גֶּפֶן פֹּרִיָּה
Isa 32:12
fruitful vine, so Ps 128:3 (simile of wife); compare (in figurative of Israel) Ezek 19:10
in Messianic prediction Isa 11:1 a shoot from his [Jesse's] roots shall bear fruit
; with accusative ראֹשׁ
׳
שֹׁרֶשׁ פ figurative, Deut 29:17
a root bearing gall (as its fruit); יִפְרוּ יֶשַׁע
Isa 45:8 is
dubious, read perhaps 3 feminine singular תֵּפֶר
let earth be fruitful in salvation (Oort and others); Participle f., as substantive,
הַפֹּרַיָּה
the fruit-bearer, poetic for tree, Isa 17:6 (compare [סָעִיף] 2
); so בֵּן פֹּרָת
Gen 49:22
(twice in verse) Joseph is son of a fruit-bearer, i.e. a fruitful bough.
Hiph`il
1.
cause to bear fruit,
2.
make fruitful, subject ׳
י with accusative of man or people:
1.
Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix הִפְרַנִי
Gen 41:52 (
E
).
2. in
P
, וְהִפְרֵתִ֫י
Gen 17:6; Gen 17:20 (
רֵיתֵ֫י-), + הִרְבָּה
Lev 26:9 (
H
); Imperfect 3 masculine singular jussive יַפְרְךָ וְיַרְבְּךָ
Gen 28:3,
וַיֶּפֶר
Ps 105:24
Participle
הִנְנִי מַפְרְךָ וְהִרְבִּיתִךָ
Gen 48:4.
3.
shew fruitfullness, bear fruit (Ges«GKC:53c»§
53 c, d, g): Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַפְרִיא
Hos 13:15
(as if from פרא).
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke