Quick Definition
lock
Strong's Definition
the hair (as dishevelled)
Derivation: from H6544 (פָּרַע);
KJV Usage: locks.
TWOT Reference: 1823a,1822a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פֶּ֫רַע (pe.ra) — lock. 1) hair, long hair (of head), locks 2) leader
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
1 DEU 32:42 MT רֹאשׁ פַּרְעֹות RSV ESV long-haired heads NJB "dishevelled heads" NRSV "long-haired" | NJPS "long-haired chiefs" | NIV "heads of leaders" REB "heads of princes" CEV "heads of leaders" 2 JDG 5:2 MT פְּרֹעַ פְּרָעֹות NJPS "locks go untrimmed" NRSV "locks are long" NJB "unbound their hair" | RSV ESV "leaders took the lead" NIV "princes take the lead" REB "leaders, leaders"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פֶּ֫רַע n.[m.] long hair of head, locks base