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Lexicon :: Strong's H6509 - pārâ

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פָּרָה
Transliteration
pārâ
Pronunciation
paw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1809

Strong’s Definitions

פָּרָה pârâh, paw-raw'; a primitive root; to bear fruit (literally or figuratively):—bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H6509 in the following manner: fruitful (19x), increased (3x), grow (2x), beareth (1x), forth (1x), bring fruit (1x), make fruitful (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H6509 in the following manner: fruitful (19x), increased (3x), grow (2x), beareth (1x), forth (1x), bring fruit (1x), make fruitful (1x).

  1. to bear fruit, be fruitful, branch off

    1. (Qal) to bear fruit, be fruitful

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to bear fruit

      2. to make fruitful

      3. to show fruitfulness, bear fruit

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פָּרָה pârâh, paw-raw'; a primitive root; to bear fruit (literally or figuratively):—bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.
STRONGS H6509: Abbreviations
† [פָּרָה] verb bear fruit, be fruitful (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, 1, פְּרִי = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician פר fruit; Ethiopic bdb082601, bdb082602 blossom, bear fruit; Assyrian pir'u, posterity; compare also Targum פֵּירָא Syriac bdb082603 fruit, and BaZMG xii (1887), 604): —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural פָּרוּ Exodus 1:7; 1st person plural consecutive וּפָרִינוּ Genesis 26:22, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִפְרֶה Isaiah 11:1, etc.; Imperative masculine singular פְּרֵה Genesis 35:11, masculine plural פְּרוּ Genesis 1:22 +; Participle active פֹּרֶה Deuteronomy 29:17, feminine פֹּרִיָּה Ezekiel 19:10; Isaiah 17:6, פּרָת (Ges§ 80 g; for *פֹּרַיַת LagBN 81) Genesis 49:22 (twice in verse); —
1. of men and animals, Exodus 23:30 (E) Genesis 26:22 (J); especially + רבה Jeremiah 3:16; Jeremiah 23:3; Ezekiel 36:11; Genesis 35:11; Genesis 47:27 (P), and שָׁרַץ (P) Genesis 8:17; Genesis 9:7; Exodus 1:7, וגו׳ וּמִלְאוּ וּרְבוּ פְּרוּ Genesis 1:22, 28; Genesis 9:1.
2. of vine, פֹּרִיָּה גֶּפֶן Isaiah 32:12 fruitful vine, so Psalm 128:3 (simile of wife); compare (in figurative of Israel) Ezekiel 19:10; in Messianic prediction Isaiah 11:1 a shoot from his [Jesse's] roots shall bear fruit; with accusative ראֹשׁ שֹׁרֶשׁ פ׳ figurative, Deuteronomy 29:17 a root bearing gall (as its fruit); יִפְרוּ יֶשַׁע Isaiah 45:8 is dubious, read perhaps 3rd person feminine singular תֵּפֶר let earth be fruitful in salvation (Oort and others); Participle feminine, as substantive, הַפֹּרִיָּה the fruit-bearer, poetic for tree, Isaiah 17:6 (compare [סָעִיף] 2); so פֹּרָת בֵּן Genesis 49:22 (twice in verse) Joseph is son of a fruit-bearer, i.e. a fruitful bough.
Hiph. 1. cause to bear fruit. 2. make fruitful, subject י׳ with accusative of man or people:
1. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix הִפְרַנִי Genesis 41:52 (E).
2. in P, וְהִפְרֵתִ֫י Genesis 17:6, 20 (רֵיתֵ֫י-), + הִרְבָּה Leviticus 26:9 (H); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive יַפְרְךָ וְיַרְבְּךָ Genesis 28:3, וַיֶּפֶר Psalm 105:24; Participle הִנְנִי מַפְרְךָ וְהִרְבִּיתִךָ Genesis 48:4.
3. shew fruitfullness, bear fruit (Ges§ 53 c, d, g): Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַפְרִיא [H6500 Hosea 13:15] (as if from פרא).

פֹּרָת Genesis 49:22 see [פָּרָה] above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:22; 1:22; 1:28; 8:17; 9:1; 9:7; 17:6; 17:20; 26:22; 26:22; 28:3; 35:11; 35:11; 41:52; 47:27; 48:4; 49:22; 49:22; 49:22

Exodus

1:7; 1:7; 23:30

Leviticus

26:9

Deuteronomy

29:17; 29:17

Psalms

105:24; 128:3

Isaiah

11:1; 11:1; 17:6; 17:6; 32:12; 45:8

Jeremiah

3:16; 23:3

Ezekiel

19:10; 19:10; 36:11

H6509

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Strong's Number H6509 matches the Hebrew פָּרָה (pārâ),
which occurs 29 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:22 - Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - Release all the animals—the birds, the livestock, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—so they can be fruitful and multiply throughout the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:1 - Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:7 - Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6 - I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on and dug another well. This time there was no dispute over it, so Isaac named the place Rehoboth (which means “open space”), for he said, “At last the LORD has created enough space for us to prosper in this land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:3 - May God Almighty[fn] bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11 - Then God said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:52 - Joseph named his second son Ephraim,[fn] for he said, “God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 - Meanwhile, the people of Israel settled in the region of Goshen in Egypt. There they acquired property, and they were fruitful, and their population grew rapidly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4 - He said to me, ‘I will make you fruitful, and I will multiply your descendants. I will make you a multitude of nations. And I will give this land of Canaan to your descendants[fn] after you as an everlasting possession.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:22 - “Joseph is the foal of a wild donkey,
the foal of a wild donkey at a spring—
one of the wild donkeys on the ridge.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - But their descendants, the Israelites, had many children and grandchildren. In fact, they multiplied so greatly that they became extremely powerful and filled the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:30 - I will drive them out a little at a time until your population has increased enough to take possession of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:9 - “I will look favorably upon you, making you fertile and multiplying your people. And I will fulfill my covenant with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - I am making this covenant with you so that no one among you—no man, woman, clan, or tribe—will turn away from the LORD our God to worship these gods of other nations, and so that no root among you bears bitter and poisonous fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24 - And the LORD multiplied the people of Israel
until they became too mighty for their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 128:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:3 - Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine,
flourishing within your home.
Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees
as they sit around your table.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 - Out of the stump of David’s family[fn] will grow a shoot—
yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6 - Only a few of its people will be left,
like stray olives left on a tree after the harvest.
Only two or three remain in the highest branches,
four or five scattered here and there on the limbs,”
declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:12 - Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms
and your fruitful grapevines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - “Open up, O heavens,
and pour out your righteousness.
Let the earth open wide
so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together.
I, the LORD, created them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:16 - “And when your land is once more filled with people,” says the LORD, “you will no longer wish for ‘the good old days’ when you possessed the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant. You will not miss those days or even remember them, and there will be no need to rebuild the Ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3 - But I will gather together the remnant of my flock from the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their own sheepfold, and they will be fruitful and increase in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:10 - “Your mother was like a vine
planted by the water’s edge.
It had lush, green foliage
because of the abundant water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:11 - I will increase not only the people, but also your animals. O mountains of Israel, I will bring people to live on you once again. I will make you even more prosperous than you were before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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