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Strong's H6565 פָּרַר (parar)

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

Strong's Number H6565
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 46
Books 18

Strong's H6565 Quick Answer

Strong's H6565 פָּרַר (parar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. parar (paw-rar') v. 1. to break up (usually figuratively, i.e. to violate, frustrate [a primitive root] It has 46 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include break, breaking, broken, off, and any. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
parar (paw-rar') v. 1. to break up (usually figuratively, i.e. to violate, frustrate [a primitive root]
Usage
46 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
break, breaking, broken, off, and any

Meaning and Definition

parar (paw-rar') v. 1. to break up (usually figuratively, i.e. to violate, frustrate [a primitive root] KJV: X any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, X clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, X utterly, make void.

Original Word
פָּרַר
Transliteration
parar
Derivation
Root: פּרר
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6565. 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

Usage: 1) to break, frustrate 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to break, violate 1a2) to frustrate, make ineffectual 1b) (Hophal) 1b1) to be frustrated 1b2) to be broken 1b3) to break 1c) (Pilpel) to break to bits, shatter Also means: pur (פּוּר "to break" H6331)

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How Strong's H6565 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render parar, 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 Leviticus 26:15 13× breaking Ezekiel 16:59 any Numbers 30:15 asunder Job 16:12 broken Genesis 17:14 castest Job 15:4 cause Psalms 85:4 frustrate Ezra 4:5 off Numbers 15:31 way Ecclesiastes 12:5

How Strong's H6565 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 46 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6565 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 H6565 in the Old Testament

46 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 17:14 KJV

And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

Leviticus 26:15 KJV

And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

Leviticus 26:44 KJV

And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.

Usage Excerpts

First 46 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6565.

Genesis 17:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
Leviticus 26:15 Old Testament, KJV
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
Leviticus 26:44 Old Testament, KJV
And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
Numbers 15:31 Old Testament, KJV
Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
Numbers 30:8 Old Testament, KJV
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
Numbers 30:12 Old Testament, KJV
But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
Numbers 30:13 Old Testament, KJV
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
Numbers 30:15 Old Testament, KJV
But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
Deuteronomy 31:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Deuteronomy 31:20 Old Testament, KJV
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
Judges 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
2 Samuel 15:34 Old Testament, KJV
But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
2 Samuel 17:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
1 Kings 15:19 Old Testament, KJV
There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
2 Chronicles 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
Ezra 4:5 Old Testament, KJV
And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Ezra 9:14 Old Testament, KJV
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
Nehemiah 4:15 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
Job 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Job 15:4 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
Job 16:12 Old Testament, KJV
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Job 40:8 Old Testament, KJV
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Psalms 74:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Psalms 85:4 Old Testament, KJV
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
Psalms 119:126 Old Testament, KJV
It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
Proverbs 15:22 Old Testament, KJV
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
Ecclesiastes 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Isaiah 8:10 Old Testament, KJV
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Isaiah 14:27 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Isaiah 24:5 Old Testament, KJV
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
Isaiah 24:19 Old Testament, KJV
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
Isaiah 33:8 Old Testament, KJV
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
Isaiah 44:25 Old Testament, KJV
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
Jeremiah 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Jeremiah 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
Jeremiah 31:32 Old Testament, KJV
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jeremiah 33:20 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
Jeremiah 33:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
Ezekiel 16:59 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
Ezekiel 17:15 Old Testament, KJV
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
Ezekiel 17:16 Old Testament, KJV
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
Ezekiel 17:18 Old Testament, KJV
Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
Ezekiel 44:7 Old Testament, KJV
In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
Zechariah 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
Zechariah 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
Zechariah 11:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6565, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H6565 FAQ

What does parar (פָּרַר) mean?

Parar (Strong's H6565) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "frustrate". parar (paw-rar') v. 1. to break up (usually figuratively, i.e. to violate, frustrate [a primitive root]

How many times is parar (פָּרַר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 46 linked usages for Strong's H6565 across 18 books.

Where can I study parar (פָּרַר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6565 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate parar (פָּרַר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as break, breaking, broken, off, any, and frustrate. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.