פָּרַס
pāras
break
Strong's H6536VerbHebrewTWOT 1821

פָּרַס (pāras) is a Hebrew verb meaning break. It appears 14 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6536).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1821)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1821)break, divide; they have broken up; divide hoof, having hoofs; split, distribute; deal, have hoofs, part, tear
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

פָּרַס verb: break, divide

Strong's H6536 פָּרַס: to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distribute
KJV:deal, divide, have hoofs, part, tear.

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.

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 11:3Deuteronomy 14:6Isaiah 58:7

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