Pârâsh — H6567

Definition

verb

to separate, literally (to disperse) or figuratively (to specify); also (by implication) to wound

1. to make distinct, declare, distinguish, separate
1. (Qal) to declare, clarify
2. (Pual) to be distinctly declared
2. (Hiphil) to pierce, sting
3. (Niphal) scatter

Usually translated as

distinctly, scatter, declare, shew, sting

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• diakrínō (G1252)
• diachōrízomai (G1316)
• didáskō (G1321)
• iós (G2447)
• Pharisaîos (G5330)

Occurrences

Pârâsh occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Numbers (1), Nehemiah (1), Proverbs (1)

• Leviticus 24:12 — And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might (לִפְרֹ֥שׁ) be shewed them.
• Numbers 15:34 — And they put him in ward, because it was not declared (פֹרַ֔שׁ) what should be done to him.
• Nehemiah 8:8 — So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly (מְפֹרָ֑שׁ), and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
• Proverbs 23:32 — At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth (יַפְרִֽשׁ) like an adder.