STRONGS NUMBER H6331


Word Summary
pur: break, bring to nothing, utterly take
Original Word: פוּר
Transliteration: pur
Phonetic Spelling: (poor)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: break, bring to nothing, utterly take
Meaning: break, bring to nothing, utterly take
Strong's Concordance
break, bring to nothing, utterly take

A primitive root; to crush -- break, bring to nought, X utterly take.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6331. pur

[מָּרַר‎] verb Hiph`il break, frustrate (Late Hebrew Pi`el crumble; Jewish-Aramaic מְּרַר‎; Assyrian parâru, destroy; II. shatter; Lihyanian והפרוdestroy, DHMEpigr. Denkm., No. 21, 7); — Perfect3masculine singular הֵפֵרIsaiah 33:8 +, הֵפַ֑רGenesis 17:14; Numbers 15:31; also metaplastic from הֵפִירEzekiel 17:19; Psalm 33:10 (Ges§ 67v); 2 masculine singular וְהֵפַרְדָמתּ֫ה2 Samuel 15:34, etc., Imperfect3masculine singular יָפֵרNumbers 30:13 +, וַיָּפֶרNehemiah 4:9, etc.; also 1singular אָפִירPsalm 89:34 (Gesi.c.); Imperative masculine singular הָפֵר2 Chronicles 16:3; Psalm 85:5, הָפֵרָה1 Kings 15:19; Infinitive absolute הָפֵרProverbs 15:22 +; construct לְהָפֵר2 Samuel 17:14 +, לְהָפֵירZechariah 11:10, suffix לְהַפְרְכֶםLeviticus 26:15 (Ges§ 67dd); Participle מֵפֵרIsaiah 44:25; Job 5:12; —

1 break, violate, especially with accusative בְּרִית‎:

a. of ׳יJudges 2:1; Jeremiah 14:21; Leviticus 26:44; Zechariah 11:10.

b. of men violating covenant with ׳יJeremiah 11:10; 31:32; Deuteronomy 31:16, 20; Leviticus 26:15; Ezekiel 44:7; Genesis 17:14; Isaiah 24:5 compare Jeremiah 33:20.

c. of men breaking compact, league (with men), Isaiah 33:8; 1 Kings 15:19 2 Chronicles 16:3; Ezekiel 17:15-16, 18, 19.

d. of destroying the אַחֲוָה‎ between Judah and Israel Zechariah 11:14.

e. of breaking ׳י‎s מִצְוָהNumbers 15:31; Ezra 9:14, תּוֺרָהPsalm 119:126.

2 frustrate, make ineffectual::

a. counsel (עֵצָה‎) 2 Samuel 15:34; 17:14; Ezra 4:5; ׳י‎ subject Nehemiah 4:9; Psalm 33:10; of man frustrating ׳י‎s counsel Isaiah 14:27, so, with accusative מִשְׁמָּטJob 40:8; with accusative מַחֲשָׁבוֺת‎ in General, of men Proverbs 15:22, ׳י‎ subject Job 15:12 so, with accusative אֹתוֺתIsaiah 44:25.

b. make vow (נֶדֶר‎) ineffectual, annul it Numbers 30:9; 30:14 (opposed to חֵקִים‎), 30:13, also (Imperfect + Infinitive absolute) 30:13, 16.

c. of annulling (godly) fear Job 15:4 מֵעִמּוֺ אָפִיר לֹא חַסְדִּי‎, Psalm 89:34 read probably אָסִיר‎ Ol Che Bae and others; כַּעַסְךָ הָפֵר85:4 (read ᵐ5 הָסֵר‎ Bi Che).

d. הָאֲבֵיּוֺנָה וְתָפֵרEcclesiastes 12:5 is dubious: De Wild and others fails (to excite [? וְתֻפַר

Hoph`al is made ineffectual]); Ew bursts (Siegf וְתֻפַר‎); but caper-berry not dehiscent (PostFlora of Syr. 106 ff.); M'Lean-DyerEncy. Bid. 696.): PostLetter, July 28, 1901 breaks up (by shrivelling), figurative of failing sexual power; Aq from פרהbear fruit (compare GFMJBL x (1891), 60); PerlesAnal. 30 וְתִפְרַח‎.

Hoph`al Imperfect

1 be frustratred, 3 feminine singular וְתֻפָ֑רIsaiah 8:10 (of עֵצָה‎).

2 be broken, of covenant, 3 feminine singular תֻּפַרJeremiah 33:21; וִתֻּפַרZechariah 11:11; so Isaiah 28:18 (read וְתֻפַר‎ for וְכֻמַּר‎, see ׳כ‎).

Pilpel Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיְפַרְמְּרֵנִיJob 16:12 he hath shattered me.

II. [מָּרַר‎] verb split, divide (so Psalm 74:13 seems to require [but √ פור‎ SS is possible], compare Arabic split, tear, rend; perhaps = I.; > BuhlLex. shake, quike, citing Arabic shake Aramaic אִתְמַּרְמַּר‎, , compare Late Hebrew מִּרְמֵּר‎); —

Qal Infinitive absolute +

Hithpo`el. Perfect3feminine singular אֶרֶץ הִתְמּוֺרְרָה מּוֺרIsaiah 24:19 split or cracked through is the earth (CheHeb.Hpt. התפרקה פרוק‎).

Po`êl Perfect2masculine singular מּוֺרַרְתָּPsalm 74:13 thou [׳י‎] didst divide the sea.

III. פרר‎ (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew מָּרָה מַּר‎ = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic young of ewe, cow, or goat; Syriac ewe (compare NöZMG xl (1886), 734), and so Assyrian parru, according to Jen and ZimZA iii. 202).