פָּרַח
pa.rach
to sprout
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word פָּרַח (pa.rach) translates to "sprout" and falls under the semantic domain of Creation & Nature. Its primary meaning is derived from the lexicon data, suggesting that this word is closely tied to the process of growth and development. The extensive use of this word throughout the Bible, with 25 occurrences, highlights its significance within various Old Testament contexts. Its range of usage likely spans descriptions of plant growth, potentially extending to metaphors that convey the idea of rapid expansion or flourishing. While more detailed analysis would be required to fully appreciate the nuances and specific applications of this word, its definition and frequency in scripture suggest that it plays a notable role in describing aspects of the natural world and possibly spiritual transformation, underscoring its importance in biblical themes of renewal and flourishing.
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Occurrences in Scripture
25 total occurrences across the text
yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a plant.
Psalms 72:7In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
Psalms 92:7though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
Psalms 92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Proverbs 11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Song of Solomon 7:12Let’s go early up to the vineyards. Let’s see whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.
Isaiah 17:11In the day of your planting, you hedge it in. In the morning, you make your seed blossom, but the harvest flees away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
Isaiah 27:6In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.
Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
Isaiah 35:2It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God.
Isaiah 35:2It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God.
Isaiah 66:14You will see it, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones will flourish like the tender grass. Yahweh’s hand will be known among his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.
Ezekiel 7:10“ ‘Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! Your doom has gone out. The rod has blossomed. Pride has budded.
Ezekiel 17:24All the trees of the field will know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish. “ ‘I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.’ ”
Hosea 10:4They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.
Hosea 14:7Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Habakkuk 3:17For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls:
Psalms 92:13They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.
Song of Solomon 6:11I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.
Genesis 40:10and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters produced ripe grapes.
Leviticus 13:57and if it appears again in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading. You shall burn with fire that in which the plague is.
Numbers 17:5It shall happen that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud. I will make the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you, cease from me.”
Numbers 17:8On the next day, Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony; and behold, Aaron’s rod for the house of Levi had sprouted, budded, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.