פָּרַץ parats

Hebrew word for “to break through” · Strong’s H6555 · used 48 times in 47 verses

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Meaning

1) to break through or down or over, burst, breach;

How it is translated

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

• urged 4
• will spread out 2
• should break out 2
• spread out 2
• had broken out 2
• made a breach 2
• will break down 2
• one who breaks through 2
• has increased 1
• increased 1
• have made a breach 1
• spread 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 30 (2), Exodus 19 (2), 2 Samuel 13 (2), 1 Chronicles 13 (2), Nehemiah 4 (2), Hosea 4 (2), Genesis 28 (1), Genesis 38 (1), Exodus 1 (1), 1 Samuel 3 (1)

Forms

• ויפרץ 9
• פרץ 9
• פרצו 4
• פרצת 3
• יפרץ 3
• ופרץ 2
• יפרצו 2
• ופרצת 1
• נפרץ 1
• המתפרצים 1

Words used with it

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

• פֶּרֶץ perets “breach” 6
• חוֹמָה chomah “wall” 8
• דָּוִד david “David” 8
• רֹב rov “abundance” 5
• גָּדֵר gader “wall” 3
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 6
• עִיר ir “city” 6
• בַּעַל פְּרָצִים baal peratsim “Baal-perazim” 2
• פֶּרֶץ עֻזָּא perets uzza “Perez-uzzah” 2
• גַּם gam “also” 5
• קָרָא qara “to call” 5
• בָּרַךְ barakh “to bless” 4

Key verses

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

• Genesis 28:14 — And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and…
• 1 Samuel 25:10 — And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his…
• 2 Chronicles 31:5 — And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the…
• 2 Chronicles 32:5 — Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the…
• Nehemiah 1:3 — And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is…
• Nehemiah 4:7 — But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up,…
• Job 1:10 — Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his…
• Psalms 60:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of…
• Isaiah 5:5 — And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof,…
• Isaiah 54:3 — For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
• Hosea 4:2 — By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
• Micah 2:13 — The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and…

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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.