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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 15 times in 14 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:22 - Then God blessed them, saying, “Be H6509 fruitful H6509 and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be H6509 fruitful H6509 and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the [fn]sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - “Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and that they may be H6509 fruitful H6509 and multiply on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:1 -

And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be H6509 fruitful H6509 and multiply, and fill the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:7 -

“As for you, be H6509 fruitful H6509 and multiply;

[fn]Swarm on the earth and multiply in it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6 -

“And I will make H6509 you exceedingly fruitful H6509, and I will make nations of you, and kings will go forth from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - “As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him and will make H6509 him fruitful H6509 and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall [fn]become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not contend over it; so he named it [fn]Rehoboth, and he said, “[fn]At last Yahweh has made [fn]room for us, and we will be H6509 fruitful H6509 in the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:3 - “May [fn]God Almighty bless you and make H6509 you fruitful H6509 and multiply you, that you may become an assembly of peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11 - God also said to him,

“I am [fn]God Almighty;

Be H6509 fruitful H6509 and multiply;

A nation and an assembly of nations shall [fn]come from you,

And kings shall [fn]come forth from your loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:52 - And he named the second [fn]Ephraim, “For,” he said, “God has made H6509 me fruitful H6509 in the land of my affliction.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 -

Now Israel [fn]lived in the land of Egypt, [fn]in Goshen, and they took possession of property in it and were H6509 fruitful H6509 and became very numerous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4 - and He said to me, ‘Behold, I will make H6509 you fruitful H6509 and multiply, and I will make you an assembly of peoples, and I will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:22 -

“Joseph is a fruitful H6509 [fn]bough,

A fruitful H6509 [fn]bough by a spring;

Its [fn]branches run over a wall.

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