H6561 פָּרַק (pâraq) paw-rak'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to tear

Strong's Definition

to break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliver

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: break (off), deliver, redeem, rend (in pieces), tear in pieces.

TWOT Reference: 1828

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to tear apart or away, tear off, break away

1a) (Qal) to tear away, snatch, rescue

1b) (Piel) to tear off

1c) (Hithpael) to tear off from oneself, be broken off, be broken in pieces

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1262 G1590 G1612 G3084 G4014

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

פָּרַק (pa.raq) — to tear. 1) to tear apart or away, tear off, break away 1a) (Qal) to tear away, snatch, rescue 1b) (Piel) to tear off 1c) (Hithpael) to tear off from oneself, be broken off, be broken in pieces Aramaic equivalent: pe.raq (פְּרַק "to break" H6562)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

פרק (H6561 · A6562) SAHD

verb · מַפְרֶקֶת · פֶּרֶק · פָּרָק

Detach | verb pi, verb qal, verb hit

to break off, to tear off, to pull off, to strip off, to remove = causative action by which humans, animals, or forces remove an object that is attached to another object, usually with some degree of violence

GEN 27:40 · EXO 32:2 · 1KI 19:11 · PSA 7:3 · EZK 19:12 · ZEC 11:16

Non-Whole | verb hit

to remove = action by which humans remove an object that is attached to their own body

EXO 32:3 · EXO 32:24

Safe | verb qal

to rescue literally: to break off; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities deliver (other) humans from the power of their enemies and bring them to safety

PSA 136:24 · LAM 5:8

Non-Engage

to break off, to stop literally: to break off (an activity); hence: = action by which humans intentionally stop engaging in a certain activity

DAN 4:24

¹ PSA 7:3 NIV "rip to pieces" NJPS ESV "rending in pieces" CEV "rip apart" | RSV "dragging away" NJB "carry off" REB "drag off" GNT "carry off" ² DAN 4:24 RSV ESV "break off" NIV "renounce" GNT "stop" CEV "turn from" | NJPS "redeem" NRSV "atone"

G.I. Davies

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[פָּרַק] vb. tear apart, away Qal tear away yoke

Pi. he shall tear off their hoofs

Hithp. tear off (for, i.e. from, oneself)

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Bible Occurrences (10)

27:40

32:2 32:3 32:24

19:11

7:2 136:24

5:8

19:12

11:16

Genesis 27:40

You shall live by the sword and serve... your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.

Exodus 32:2

So Aaron told them, Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.

Exodus 32:3

Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.

Exodus 32:24

So I said to them, Whoever has gold, let him take it off, and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!

1 Kings 19:11

Then [the LORD] said, Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by. And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

Lamentations 5:8

Slaves rule over us; [there is] no one to deliver us from their hands.

Ezekiel 19:12

But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.

Zechariah 11:16

For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy,... but he will devour the flesh of the choice [sheep] and tear off their hooves.