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Strong's H6555 פָּרַץ (parats)

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

Strong's Number H6555
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 48
Books 15

Strong's H6555 Quick Answer

Strong's H6555 פָּרַץ (parats) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. parats (paw-rats') v. 1. to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative) [a primitive root] It has 48 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include break, out, breaketh, increased, and abroad. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
parats (paw-rats') v. 1. to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative) [a primitive root]
Usage
48 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
break, out, breaketh, increased, and abroad

Meaning and Definition

parats (paw-rats') v. 1. to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative) [a primitive root] KJV: X abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.

Original Word
פָּרַץ
Transliteration
parats
Derivation
Root: פּרץ
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6555. 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 break through

Usage: 1) to break through or down or over, burst, breach 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to break or burst out (from womb or enclosure) 1a2) to break through or down, make a breach in 1a3) to break into 1a4) to break open 1a5) to break up, break in pieces 1a6) to break out (violently) upon 1a7) to break over (limits), increase 1a8) to use violence 1a9) to burst open 1a10) to spread, distribute 1b) (Niphal) to be broken through 1c) (Pual) to be broken down 1d) (Hithpael) to break away

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How Strong's H6555 Is Translated

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

break Exodus 19:22 breaketh Job 16:14 out Nehemiah 2:13 abroad 1 Chronicles 13:2 increased Genesis 30:30 breach Genesis 38:29 breaking 1 Chronicles 14:11 many 2 Chronicles 11:23 spread Genesis 28:14

How Strong's H6555 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 48 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6555 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 H6555 in the Old Testament

48 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 28:14 KJV

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 30:30 KJV

For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

Genesis 30:43 KJV

And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

Usage Excerpts

First 48 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6555.

Genesis 28:14 Old Testament, KJV
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 30:30 Old Testament, KJV
For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
Genesis 30:43 Old Testament, KJV
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 38:29 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
Exodus 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
Exodus 19:22 Old Testament, KJV
And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
Exodus 19:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
1 Samuel 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
1 Samuel 25:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
1 Samuel 28:23 Old Testament, KJV
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
2 Samuel 5:20 Old Testament, KJV
And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
2 Samuel 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
2 Samuel 13:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
2 Samuel 13:27 Old Testament, KJV
But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
2 Kings 5:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
2 Kings 14:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
1 Chronicles 4:38 Old Testament, KJV
These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
1 Chronicles 13:2 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
1 Chronicles 13:11 Old Testament, KJV
And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.
1 Chronicles 14:11 Old Testament, KJV
So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.
1 Chronicles 15:13 Old Testament, KJV
For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
2 Chronicles 11:23 Old Testament, KJV
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
2 Chronicles 20:37 Old Testament, KJV
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
2 Chronicles 24:7 Old Testament, KJV
For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
2 Chronicles 25:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
2 Chronicles 26:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
2 Chronicles 31:5 Old Testament, KJV
And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
2 Chronicles 32:5 Old Testament, KJV
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
Nehemiah 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
Nehemiah 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
Nehemiah 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
Nehemiah 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Job 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Job 16:14 Old Testament, KJV
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
Job 28:4 Old Testament, KJV
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
Psalms 60:1 Old Testament, KJV
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
Psalms 80:12 Old Testament, KJV
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
Psalms 89:40 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
Psalms 106:29 Old Testament, KJV
Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
Proverbs 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Proverbs 25:28 Old Testament, KJV
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Ecclesiastes 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Ecclesiastes 10:8 Old Testament, KJV
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Isaiah 5:5 Old Testament, KJV
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
Isaiah 54:3 Old Testament, KJV
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Hosea 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Hosea 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
Micah 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6555, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 7 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6555 FAQ

What does parats (פָּרַץ) mean?

Parats (Strong's H6555) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "down". parats (paw-rats') v. 1. to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative) [a primitive root]

How many times is parats (פָּרַץ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 48 linked usages for Strong's H6555 across 15 books.

Where can I study parats (פָּרַץ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6555 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate parats (פָּרַץ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as break, out, breaketh, increased, abroad, and spread. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.