פָּרָשָׁה
pa.ra.shah
declaration
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "pa.ras.hah" (Strong's #H6575) has a short definition as "declaration." This suggests that the word refers to an explicit statement or proclamation. With only two occurrences in the Bible, we can infer that it is a relatively rare or specific term. The use of a single-word definition ("declaration") implies that its meaning is straightforward and focused on the communication of information. Given its definition, we can assume that the word "pa.ras.hah" is used in contexts where a clear or official statement is being made. Its significance may lie in its potential use to convey authority, decision, or announcement, but this can only be fully understood in the specific passages where it occurs.
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Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text
Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
Esther 10:2All the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?