פֶּרֶא pere

Hebrew word for “wild donkey” · Strong’s H6501 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

wild ass

How it is translated

Glosses given for pere in context, with how often each is used:

• wild donkey 6
• wild donkeys 4

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 16 (1), Job 6 (1), Job 11 (1), Job 24 (1), Job 39 (1), Psalms 104 (1), Isaiah 32 (1), Jeremiah 2 (1), Jeremiah 14 (1), Hosea 8 (1)

Forms

• פרא 5
• פראים 3
• פרה 1
• ופראים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pere more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁאַף shaaph “to long for” 2
• מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 2
• מִי mi “who?” 2
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 2
• אָדָם adam “man” 2

Key verses

The verses using pere that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 16:12 — And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
• Job 6:5 — Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
• Job 11:12 — For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
• Job 24:5 — Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
• Job 39:5 — Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
• Psalms 104:11 — They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
• Isaiah 32:14 — Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture…
• Jeremiah 2:24 — A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary…
• Jeremiah 14:6 — And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
• Hosea 8:9 — For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.