פֶּרַח perach

Hebrew word for “flower” · Strong’s H6525 · used 17 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

bud, sprout

How it is translated

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

• blossom 11
• blossoms 4
• buds 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 25 (3), Exodus 37 (3), 1 Kings 7 (2), 2 Chronicles 4 (2), Numbers 8 (1), Numbers 17 (1), Isaiah 5 (1), Isaiah 18 (1), Nahum 1 (1)

Forms

• ופרח 5
• ופרחיה 4
• פרח 4
• והפרח 2
• פרחה 1
• ופרחם 1

Words used with it

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

• מְנוֹרָה menorah “lampstand” 8
• גָּבִיעַ gevia “cup” 6
• כַּפְתּוֹר kaphtor “capital” 6
• שָׁקַד shaqad “be almond shaped” 4
• קָנֶה qaneh “branch” 4
• מִקְשָׁה miqshah “beating” 3
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 5
• יָרֵךְ yarekh “thigh” 3
• טֶפַח tephach “handbreadth” 2
• עֲבִי avi “thickness” 2
• מֶלְקָחַיִם melqach “tong” 2
• בַּת bat “bath” 2

Key verses

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

• Exodus 25:31 — And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his…
• Exodus 25:33 — Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so…
• Exodus 37:17 — And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the…
• Exodus 37:20 — And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
• Numbers 8:4 — And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the…
• Numbers 17:8 — And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought…
• 1 Kings 7:26 — And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
• 1 Kings 7:49 — And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
• 2 Chronicles 4:21 — And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
• Isaiah 5:24 — Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust:…
• Isaiah 18:5 — For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take…
• Nahum 1:4 — He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

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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.