Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H6520 |
|---|---|
| Word: | פְּרָזוֹן |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from the same as H6518 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | prazown |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | per-aw-zone' |
| Meaning: | 1. magistracy, i.e. leadership 2. (concretely) chieftains |
| KJV Renderings: | village. |
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[פְּרָזָה] noun feminine open region, hamlet; — only plural ׃פְּרָזוֺת ׳ אֶרֶץ פ Ezek 38:11 a land of hamlets (opposed to חוֺמָה etc.); תֵּשֵׁב יְרוּשָׁלַם ׳ פ Zech 2:8 as open regions shall Jerusalem sit (יָשַׁב 4); ׳ עָרֵי הַפּ Esth 9:19 (opposed to שׁוּשָׁן Esth 9:18); perhaps Judg 5:7 (׳ פ for פְּרָזוֺן, compare ᵑ6 ᵑ7 GFM).
פְּרָזוֺן noun [masculine] dubious; ׳ פ Judg 5:7 suffix פִּרְזוֺנוֺ Judg 5:11 (LagBN 119), possibly collective rural population, rustics, Bachm Bu (the latter as genitive object after צִדְקֹת righteous actsto the peasants; > ᵐ5 Thes Be leaders and leadership (compare [פֶּרֶז]; text very uncertain; on Judg 5:7 see [ פְּרָזָה ] above
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
