Strong's Lexicon: H6524 פָּרַח

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6524
Word:	פָּרַח
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	36
Transliteration:	parach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	paw-rakh'
Meaning:	1. to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom 2. (generally) to spread 3. (specifically) to fly (as extending the wings) 4. (figuratively) to flourish
KJV Renderings:	X abroad, X abundantly, blossom, break forth (out), bud, flourish, make fly, grow, spread, spring (up).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6773

I. פָּרַח verb bud, sprout, shoot (NT Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew Hiph`il 2; Ecclus פרח Qal = flourish, Hiph`il causative, Eccl 49:10 ; Eccl 40:19 Arabic [untranscribed source text 4311] II. hatch, also sprout, [untranscribed source text 4312] young of bird (see אֶפְרֹחַ below), twig, sprout; Assyrian pir—u , noun sprout; — on meaning compare GFM^{JBL x (1891), 57}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ פ Ezek 7:10 +, etc; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִפְרַח Hos 14:6 +, 3 feminine plural תִּפְרַחְנָה Isa 66:14, etc.; Infinitive absolute פָּרֹחַ Isa 35:2 construct בִּפְרֹךְ Ps 92:8 Participle feminine פֹּרַ֫חַת Gen 40:10 — bud, sprout, send out shoots, of vine Gen 40:10 ( E ), Hos 14:8 (simile), Song 6:11; Song 7:13 fig-tree Hab 3:17 (< ᵐ5 We Now תִּפְרֶח); rods Num 17:20; Num 17:23 metaphor of restored Israel Hos 14:6; Isa 27:6 , compare of bones Isa 66:14 (כַּדֶּשֶׁא); of righteous Ps 72:7; Ps 92:13 ; Prov 11:28 of wicked (כְּמוֺ עֵשֶׂב) Ps 92:8 also of steppe (עֲרָבָה) Isa 35:1, פָּרֹחַ תִּפְרַח Isa 35:2 figurative of judgment Hos 10:4 (כָּראֹשׁ; but on text see Now); of זָדוֺן (q. v. p. 268) Ezek 7:10.

Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular הִפְרַחְתִּי Ezek 17:24 Imperfect יַפְרִחַ Job 14:9 , etc.; —

1. cause to bud or sprout, with accusative עֵץ Ezek 17:24 , זֶרַע Isa 17:11, both figurative

2. shew buds, sprouts, of tree Job 14:9 figurative of righteous Ps 92:14 = flourish, of אֹהֶל יְשָׁרִים, Prov 14:11 (all Qal in ִ֯ according to Ba^{ZMG xliii (1889), 180 f.}).

BDB6777

II. פָּרַח verb break out, of leprosy and like eruptions (in P ) (usually taken as = I. ׳ פ, but dubious; Late Hebrew id., also decay, ferment Vogelst^{Landwirthschaft 22}; Syriac [untranscribed source text 4314] spread, of leprosy, etc.; NS. [untranscribed source text 4315] leprous spots); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ פ Lev 13:39 (of בֹּהַקִ), ׳ וּפ consecutive Lev 14:43 (of נֶגַע); of צָרַעַת 3 feminine singular פָּרָ֑חָה Lev 13:20; Lev 13:25, also Imperfect 3 feminine singular + Infinitive absolute פָּרוֺחַ תִּפְרַח Lev 13:12, and Participle feminine פֹּרַחַת see 42; of שְׁחִין Participle masculine פֹּרֵחַ Exod 9:9; Exod 9:10.

BDB6778

III. [פָּרַח] verb fly, Aramaism, si vera lectio (Late Hebrew id., especially fly away; Aramaic פְּרַח, [untranscribed source text 4316] fly; [untranscribed source text 4317] insect, bird); —

Qal Participle feminine plural לְפֹרְחוֺת Ezek 13:20 (twice in verse) for (like ?) flying things, i. e. birds, but strike out ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Hi Siegf in v^a (where probably insert from v^b); Co Toy Berthol Krae in v^a; v^b.