Quick Definition
to spread
Strong's Definition
to break apart, disperse, etc.
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).
TWOT Reference: 1832
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
פָּרַשׂ (pa.ra.s) — to spread. 1) to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to spread out, display 1a2) to spread over 1b) (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread out 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to spread out 1c1) to scatter
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִפְרָשׂ
Shape | verb qal
to spread out = causative action by which humans spread out an object, such as a piece of cloth, a net, or a document either horizontally or vertically
EXO 40:19 · NUM 4:6 · NUM 4:7 · NUM 4:8 · NUM 4:11 · NUM 4:13 · NUM 4:14 · DEU 22:17 · JDG 8:25 · RUT 3:9 · 2SA 17:19 · 2KI 8:15 · 2KI 19:14 · JOB 26:9 · PSA 105:39 · PSA 140:6 · PRO 29:5 · ISA 19:8 · ISA 33:23 · ISA 37:14 · LAM 1:13 · EZK 2:10 · EZK 12:13 · EZK 16:8 · EZK 17:20 · EZK 19:8 · EZK 32:3 · HOS 5:1 · HOS 7:12
Stance | verb qal, verb pi
to spread out = action by which humans or animals spread out part of their body
EXO 9:29 · EXO 9:33 · EXO 25:20 · EXO 37:9 · DEU 32:11 · 1KI 6:27 · 1KI 8:7 · 1KI 8:22 · 1KI 8:38 · 1KI 8:54 · 1CH 28:18 · 2CH 3:13 · 2CH 5:8 · 2CH 6:12 · 2CH 6:13 · 2CH 6:29 · EZR 9:5 · JOB 11:13 · JOB 39:26 · PSA 44:21 · PSA 143:6 · PRO 31:20 · ISA 1:15 · ISA 25:11 · ISA 25:11 · ISA 65:2 · JER 4:31 · JER 48:40 · JER 49:22 · LAM 1:10 · LAM 1:17 · LAM 4:4
Scatter | verb qal, verb nif, verb pi
to scatter, to spread literally: to cause to spread out; hence: = causative action by which deities cause humans or objects to divide themselves and move into many different directions
See | verb qal
to flaunt, to parade literally: to spread out an event; hence: = causative action by which humans perform a particular event in a very conspicuous way
to cut up, to chop up see פרס
1 JOB 26:9 MT פרשׁז 2 LAM 4:4 Though the word יָד or כַּף is not found in the context of this verse, the most likely sense of פרשׂ in this verse is "to stretch out one's hand (in order to give food to a child)" | an alternative would be to read )"to break (bread" here.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פָּרַשׂ vb. spread out, spread Qal spread out
spread
Niph. they shall be scattered
Pi. spread out
= scatter
base