King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H6544
Transliteration: para'
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-rah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: let go, let alone
Meaning: to loosen, to expose, dismiss, absolve, begin
Word Summary
para': let go, let alone
Original Word: פָרַעTransliteration: para'
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-rah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: let go, let alone
Meaning: to loosen, to expose, dismiss, absolve, begin
Strong's Concordance
avenge, avoid, bare, go back, make naked, perish, A primitive root; to loosen; by implication, to expose, dismiss; figuratively, absolve, begin -- avenge, avoid, bare, go back, let, (make) naked, set at nought, perish, refuse, uncover.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6544. para
' [מָּרַע] verb denominative act as leader, lead (?); — only Infinitive construct בִּפְרֹעַ Judges 5:2, see above
III. מָּרַע verb let go, let alone (Late Hebrew id. unbind (hair), uncover; Arabic be empty, vacant, unoccupied (with of thing), Syriac uncover; מְּרַע ᵑ7 = Late Hebrew); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וּפָרַע Numbers 5:18; suffix מְּרָעֹה (Ges§ 7 b, c) Exodus 32:25; Imperfect3masculine singular יִפְרָ֑ע Leviticus 21:10, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix מְּרָעֵהוּ Proverbs 4:15; Infinitive cstr. מְּרֹע Judges 5:2; Participle act. מּוֺרֵעַ Proverbs 13:18; 15:32; pass. מָּרוּעַ Leviticus 13:45, מָּרֻעַ Ezekiel 32:25; —
1 let go, let loose, people, i.e. remove restraint from them, Exodus 32:25 (twice in verse) (E); compare Job 15:4 CheJQ, July 1897, 577 (תִּפְרָע for תִּגְרַע); unbind head (by removing turban, sign of mourning) Leviticus 10:6; 21:10 (forbidden to priests); also, 13:45 (leper), Numbers 5:18 (womsn; all with ראֹשׁ; see NowArchaeology ii. 114; > denominative from מֶּרַע Gerber18 and others).
2 let alone = avoid Proverbs 4:15; = neglect 1:25; 8:33; 13:18; 15:32; absolute = refrain Ezekiel 24:14. — Judges 5:2 see I. מֶּרַע.
Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular עָ֑ם יִדָממּ֫רַע Proverbs 29:18 the people is let loose, lacks restraint.
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הַפְרִיעַ2 Chronicles 28:19; Imperfect2masculine plural תַּפְרִיעוּ Exodus 5:4; —
1 cause people to refrain, מִמַּעֲשָׂיו Exodus 5:4.
2 shew lack of restraint2 Chronicles 28:19.