פָּרָה parah

Hebrew word for “be fruitful” · Strong’s H6509 · used 29 times in 28 verses

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Meaning

1) to bear fruit, be fruitful, branch off;

How it is translated

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

• fruitful 10
• will be fruitful 6
• will make fruitful 3
• fruit-bearer 2
• may he make fruitful 1
• has made fruitful 1
• about to make fruitful 1
• bearing fruit 1
• made fruitful 1
• will bear fruit 1
• fruit-bearing 1
• may bear fruit 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 1 (2), Genesis 9 (2), Genesis 17 (2), Genesis 8 (1), Genesis 26 (1), Genesis 28 (1), Genesis 35 (1), Genesis 41 (1), Genesis 47 (1), Genesis 48 (1)

Forms

• פרו 5
• פריה 4
• ופרו 3
• והפריתי 2
• פרה 2
• ויפרו 2
• פרת 2
• והפרתי 1
• ופרינו 1
• ויפרך 1

Words used with it

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

• רָבָה ravah “to multiply” 15
• שָׁרַץ sharats “to swarm” 3
• מְאֹד meod “much” 5
• בָּרַךְ barakh “to bless” 5
• מָלֵא male “to fill” 4
• גֶּפֶן gephen “vine” 3
• עוֹף oph “bird” 3
• קָהָל qahal “assembly” 3
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 4
• רָמַשׂ ramas “to creep” 2
• עָצֹם atsom “be vast” 2
• אֲנִי ani “I” 4

Key verses

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

• Genesis 1:28 — And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,…
• Genesis 28:3 — And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
• Genesis 35:11 — And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
• Exodus 1:7 — And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
• Leviticus 26:9 — For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
• Deuteronomy 29:18 — Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these…
• Psalms 128:3 — Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
• Isaiah 11:1 — And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
• Isaiah 45:8 — Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness…
• Jeremiah 3:16 — And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of…
• Jeremiah 23:3 — And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful…
• Ezekiel 36:11 — And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you…

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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.