Lexicon :: Strong's H6524 - pāraḥ

“On the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out and its clusters ripened into grapes.

“It will become fine dust over the entire land of Egypt. It will become festering boils on people and animals throughout the land of Egypt.”

“But if the skin disease breaks out all over the skin so that it covers all the skin of the stricken person from his head to his feet so far as the priest can see,

“The priest will make an examination, and if the spot seems to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a case of serious skin disease that has broken out in the boil.

“the priest is to examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a serious skin disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a serious skin disease.

“the priest is to make an examination. If the spots on the skin of the body are dull white, it is only a rash[fn] that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.

“But if there is a reddish-white condition on the bald head or forehead, it is a serious skin disease breaking out on his head or forehead.

“But if it reappears in the fabric, the warp or weft, or any leather article, it has broken out again. You must burn whatever is contaminated.

“If the contamination reappears in the house after the stones have been pulled out, and after the house has been scraped and replastered,

“The staff of the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of the Israelites’ complaints that they have been making about you.”

The next day Moses entered the tent of the testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, formed buds, blossomed, and produced almonds!

the scent of water makes it thrive

and produce twigs like a sapling.

May the righteous[fn] flourish in his days

and well-being abound

until the moon is no more.

though the wicked sprout like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they will be eternally destroyed.

The righteous thrive like a palm tree

and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.

Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,

but the righteous will flourish like foliage.

The house of the wicked will be destroyed,

but the tent of the upright will flourish.

I came down to the walnut grove

to see the blossoms of the valley,

to see if the vines were budding

and the pomegranates blooming.

Let’s go early to the vineyards;

let’s see if the vine has budded,

if the blossom has opened,

if the pomegranates are in bloom.

There I will give you my caresses.

On the day that you plant,

you will help them to grow,

and in the morning

you will help your seed to sprout,

but the harvest will vanish

on the day of disease and incurable pain.

In days to come, Jacob will take root.

Israel will blossom and bloom

and fill the whole world with fruit.

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;

the desert will rejoice and blossom like a wildflower.[fn]

You will see, you will rejoice,

and you[fn] will flourish like grass;

then the LORD’s power will be revealed to his servants,

but he will show his wrath against his enemies.

Here is the day! Here it comes!

Doom is on its way.

The rod has blossomed;

arrogance has bloomed.

“ ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: I am against your magic bands with which you ensnare people like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. I will free the people you have ensnared like birds.

“Then all the trees of the field will know

that I am the LORD.

I bring down the tall tree,

and make the low tree tall.

I cause the green tree to wither

and make the withered tree thrive.

I, the LORD, have spoken

and I will do it.’ ”

They speak mere words,

taking false oaths while making covenants.

So lawsuits break out

like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

I will be like the dew to Israel;

he will blossom like the lily

and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

The people will return and live beneath his shade.

They will grow grain

and blossom like the vine.

His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Though the fig tree does not bud

and there is no fruit on the vines,

though the olive crop fails

and the fields produce no food,

though the flocks disappear from the pen

and there are no herds in the stalls,