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פְּשַׁר peshar
Hebrew word for “interpretation” · Strong’s H6591 · used 31 times in 26 verses
Meaning
interpretation (of dream); Aramaic of pit.ron (פִּתְרוֹן "interpretation" H6623)
How it is translated
Glosses given for peshar in context, with how often each is used:
- interpretation 20
- interpretation the 10
- interpretations 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 31 | 5.2 |
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 2 (12), Daniel 5 (7), Daniel 4 (6), Daniel 7 (1)
Forms
- ופשׁרה 14
- ופשׁרא 5
- פשׁרא 5
- פשׁר 3
- פשׁרה 2
- פשׁרין 1
- ופשׁר 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with peshar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חֵלֶם chelem “dream” 14
- יְדַע yeda “to know” 15
- אֲמַר amar “to say” 15
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 17
- דִּי di “that” 16
- חֲוָה chavah “to show” 9
- דְּנָה denah “this” 10
- עֲלַל alal “to come” 8
- קֳדָם qodam “before” 9
- לָא la “not” 9
- קְרָא qera “to read” 6
- חַכִּים chakkim “wise” 6
Key verses
The verses using peshar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Daniel 2:4 — Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
- Daniel 2:9 — But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the…
- Daniel 2:30 — But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation…
- Daniel 2:45 — Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and…
- Daniel 4:7 — Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the…
- Daniel 4:9 — O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my…
- Daniel 4:18 — This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not…
- Daniel 4:19 — Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream,…
- Daniel 5:7 — The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall…
- Daniel 5:12 — Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found…
- Daniel 5:16 — And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the…
- Daniel 5:17 — Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and…
See all 26 verses in the Word Atlas
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.