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Strong's H6566 פָּרַשׂ (paras)

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

Strong's Number H6566
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 66
Books 22

Strong's H6566 Quick Answer

Strong's H6566 פָּרַשׂ (paras) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. paras (paw-ras') v. 1. to break apart, disperse, etc [a primitive root] It has 66 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include spread, spreadeth, scattered, layeth, and breaketh. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
paras (paw-ras') v. 1. to break apart, disperse, etc [a primitive root]
Usage
66 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
spread, spreadeth, scattered, layeth, and breaketh

Meaning and Definition

paras (paw-ras') v. 1. to break apart, disperse, etc [a primitive root] KJV: break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).

Original Word
פָּרַשׂ
Transliteration
paras
Derivation
Root: פּרשׂ
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6566. 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 spread

Usage: 1) to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to spread out, display 1a2) to spread over 1b) (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread out 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to spread out 1c1) to scatter

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How Strong's H6566 Is Translated

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

spread Exodus 9:29 49× spreadeth Deuteronomy 32:11 scattered Psalms 68:14 break Micah 3:3 breaketh Lamentations 4:4 layeth Proverbs 13:16

How Strong's H6566 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 66 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6566 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 H6566 in the Old Testament

66 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 9:29 KJV

And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's.

Exodus 9:33 KJV

And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

Exodus 25:20 KJV

And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

Usage Excerpts

First 66 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6566.

Exodus 9:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's.
Exodus 9:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
Exodus 25:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
Exodus 37:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
Exodus 40:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Numbers 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
Numbers 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Numbers 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
Numbers 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
Numbers 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
Deuteronomy 22:17 Old Testament, KJV
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
Deuteronomy 32:11 Old Testament, KJV
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
Judges 8:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
Ruth 3:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
2 Samuel 17:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
1 Kings 6:27 Old Testament, KJV
And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
1 Kings 8:7 Old Testament, KJV
For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
1 Kings 8:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
1 Kings 8:38 Old Testament, KJV
What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
1 Kings 8:54 Old Testament, KJV
And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
2 Kings 8:15 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 19:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
1 Chronicles 28:18 Old Testament, KJV
And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
2 Chronicles 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
2 Chronicles 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
2 Chronicles 6:13 Old Testament, KJV
For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.
2 Chronicles 6:29 Old Testament, KJV
Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
Ezra 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
Job 11:13 Old Testament, KJV
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Job 36:30 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Job 39:26 Old Testament, KJV
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Psalms 44:20 Old Testament, KJV
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Psalms 68:14 Old Testament, KJV
When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
Psalms 105:39 Old Testament, KJV
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
Psalms 140:5 Old Testament, KJV
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Psalms 143:6 Old Testament, KJV
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Proverbs 13:16 Old Testament, KJV
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Proverbs 29:5 Old Testament, KJV
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Proverbs 31:20 Old Testament, KJV
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Isaiah 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 19:8 Old Testament, KJV
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
Isaiah 25:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
Isaiah 33:23 Old Testament, KJV
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
Isaiah 37:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
Isaiah 65:2 Old Testament, KJV
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
Jeremiah 4:31 Old Testament, KJV
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
Jeremiah 48:40 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
Jeremiah 49:22 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Lamentations 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
Lamentations 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
Lamentations 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
Lamentations 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Ezekiel 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
Ezekiel 12:13 Old Testament, KJV
My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
Ezekiel 16:8 Old Testament, KJV
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.
Ezekiel 17:20 Old Testament, KJV
And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
Ezekiel 17:21 Old Testament, KJV
And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel 19:8 Old Testament, KJV
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
Ezekiel 32:3 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Hosea 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Hosea 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
Joel 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Micah 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Zechariah 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6566, grouped by book.

Exodus 5 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 6 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 7 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6566 FAQ

What does paras (פָּרַשׂ) mean?

Paras (Strong's H6566) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "break". paras (paw-ras') v. 1. to break apart, disperse, etc [a primitive root]

How many times is paras (פָּרַשׂ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 66 linked usages for Strong's H6566 across 22 books.

Where can I study paras (פָּרַשׂ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6566 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate paras (פָּרַשׂ)?

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