פֶּרֶךְ (perek) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning harshness. It appears
6 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6531).
Also rendered
severity
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1817a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1817a)harshness, severity; fracture; cruelty, rigour
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
פֶּ֫רֶךְnoun, masculine: harshness, severity
Strong's H6531פֶּרֶךְ: fracture, i.e. severity KJV:cruelty, rigour.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1817: פרךprk — Root of: פֶּ֫רֶךְ harshness, severity