Parah means “bear” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6509 פָּרָה (parah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. parah (paw-raw') v. 1. to bear fruit (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] It has 28 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include fruitful, they, will, make, and bring. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
parah (paw-raw') v. 1. to bear fruit (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] KJV: bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.
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be fruitful
Usage: 1) to bear fruit, be fruitful, branch off 1a) (Qal) to bear fruit, be fruitful 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to bear fruit 1b2) to make fruitful 1b3) to show fruitfulness, bear fruit Also means: pa.ra (פָּרָא "be fruitful" H6500)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render parah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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28 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
First 28 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6509.
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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Parah (Strong's H6509) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "bear". parah (paw-raw') v. 1. to bear fruit (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 28 linked usages for Strong's H6509 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6509 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fruitful, they, will, make, bring, and mayest. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.