פְּרִי peri
Hebrew word for “fruit” · Strong’s H6529 · used 119 times in 107 verses
Meaning
1) fruit; 1a) fruit, produce (of the ground); 1b) fruit, offspring, children, progeny (of the womb); 1c) fruit (of actions) (fig.)
How it is translated
Glosses given for peri in context, with how often each is used:
- fruit 109
- some of the fruit 4
- descendants 2
- produce 2
- some of fruit 1
- one of the fruit 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy | 21 | 1.5 | |
| Psalms | 11 | 0.6 | |
| Jeremiah | 11 | 0.5 | |
| Ezekiel | 11 | 0.6 | |
| Proverbs | 10 | 1.4 | |
| Genesis | 9 | 0.4 | |
| Isaiah | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Leviticus | 8 | 0.7 | |
| Song of Solomon | 5 | 4.0 | |
| Hosea | 5 | 2.1 | |
| Numbers | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Nehemiah | 3 | 0.6 |
Also in 9 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 28 (7), Genesis 1 (3), Genesis 3 (3), Leviticus 19 (3), Numbers 13 (3), Ezekiel 17 (3), Leviticus 26 (2), Deuteronomy 26 (2), 2 Kings 19 (2), Nehemiah 10 (2)
Forms
- פרי 45
- מפרי 14
- פריו 13
- פריה 10
- ופרי 10
- ובפרי 4
- פרים 4
- בפרי 2
- ופריו 2
- כפרי 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with peri more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֵץ ets “tree” 27
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 32
- אֲדָמָה adamah “land” 17
- בֶּטֶן beten “belly” 13
- נָטַע nata “to plant” 11
- שֹׁרֶשׁ sheresh “root” 7
- כֶּרֶם kerem “vineyard” 8
- שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 10
- עֵשֶׂב esev “vegetation” 6
- זָרַע zara “to sow” 6
- עַשְׁתָּרוֹת ashterah “young” 4
- טוֹב tov “pleasant” 9
Key verses
The verses using peri that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit…
- Deuteronomy 26:2 — That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a…
- Psalms 1:3 — And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he…
- Song of Solomon 2:3 — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my…
- Isaiah 3:10 — Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- Isaiah 4:2 — In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of…
- Isaiah 10:12 — Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart…
- Isaiah 27:9 — By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as…
- Jeremiah 7:20 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the…
- Jeremiah 17:10 — I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Jeremiah 32:19 — Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to…
- Amos 9:14 — And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink…
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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.