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Strong's H6524 פָּרַח (parach)

Parach means “bud” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H6524
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 33
Books 12

Strong's H6524 Quick Answer

Strong's H6524 פָּרַח (parach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. parach (paw-rakh') v. 1. to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom 2. (generally) to spread It has 33 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include flourish, forth, breaking, break, and budded. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
parach (paw-rakh') v. 1. to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom 2. (generally) to spread
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
flourish, forth, breaking, break, and budded

Meaning and Definition

parach (paw-rakh') v. 1. to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom 2. (generally) to spread 3. (specifically) to fly (as extending the wings) 4. (figuratively) to flourish [a primitive root] KJV: X abroad, X abundantly, blossom, break forth (out), bud, flourish, make fly, grow, spread, spring (up).

Original Word
פָּרַח
Transliteration
parach
Derivation
Root: פרח
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6524. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to sprout

Usage: 1) to bud, sprout, shoot, bloom 1a) (Qal) to bud, sprout, send out shoots, blossom 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to bud or sprout 1b2) to show buds or sprouts

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How Strong's H6524 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render parach, 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.

flourish Psalms 72:7 forth Numbers 17:8 break Leviticus 13:12 breaking Exodus 9:9 bud Isaiah 27:6 budded Genesis 40:10 flourished Song of Solomon 6:11 fly Ezekiel 13:20 spreading Leviticus 13:57

How Strong's H6524 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 33 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6524 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H6524 in the Old Testament

33 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 40:10 KJV

And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

Exodus 9:9 KJV

And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 9:10 KJV

And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6524.

Genesis 40:10 Old Testament, KJV
And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
Exodus 9:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.
Exodus 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
Leviticus 13:12 Old Testament, KJV
And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
Leviticus 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
Leviticus 13:25 Old Testament, KJV
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:39 Old Testament, KJV
Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.
Leviticus 13:42 Old Testament, KJV
And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
Leviticus 13:57 Old Testament, KJV
And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
Leviticus 14:43 Old Testament, KJV
And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;
Numbers 17:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
Numbers 17:8 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
Job 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Psalms 72:7 Old Testament, KJV
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
Psalms 92:7 Old Testament, KJV
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Psalms 92:12 Old Testament, KJV
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms 92:13 Old Testament, KJV
Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Proverbs 11:28 Old Testament, KJV
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Proverbs 14:11 Old Testament, KJV
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Song of Solomon 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded.
Song of Solomon 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Isaiah 17:11 Old Testament, KJV
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
Isaiah 27:6 Old Testament, KJV
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Isaiah 35:1 Old Testament, KJV
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
Isaiah 35:2 Old Testament, KJV
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Isaiah 66:14 Old Testament, KJV
And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
Ezekiel 7:10 Old Testament, KJV
Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
Ezekiel 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
Ezekiel 17:24 Old Testament, KJV
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
Hosea 10:4 Old Testament, KJV
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Hosea 14:5 Old Testament, KJV
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Hosea 14:7 Old Testament, KJV
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
Habakkuk 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6524, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 7 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 3 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6524 FAQ

What does parach (פָּרַח) mean?

Parach (Strong's H6524) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "bud". parach (paw-rakh') v. 1. to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom 2. (generally) to spread

How many times is parach (פָּרַח) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's H6524 across 12 books.

Where can I study parach (פָּרַח) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6524 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate parach (פָּרַח)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as flourish, forth, breaking, break, budded, and spreading. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.