STRONGS NUMBER H6566


Word Summary
paras: to spread out, spread
Original Word: פָרַשׂ
Transliteration: paras
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-ras')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spread out, spread
Meaning: to break apart, disperse
Strong's Concordance
break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread abroad, forth, selves, out,

A primitive root; to break apart, disperse, etc. -- break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6566. paras

מָּרַשׂverb spread out, spread (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic מְּרַס ᵑ7‎ (rare), Syriac ; compare Assyrian parašu, fly (derived species; properly spread [wings]); see also NöZA i. 417); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳פLamentations 1:10 +; 2 masculine singular וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֫Job 11:13; Ruth 3:9, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִפְרשֹׁDeuteronomy 32:11 +; 3 feminine singular וַתִּפְרשֹׁ2 Samuel 17:19, etc.; Participle active מּוֺרֵשׂProverbs 29:5 etc.; passive מָּרֻשׂJoel 2:2; feminine singular מְּרוּשָׂהHosea 5:1 plural מְּרֻשׂוֺת1 Kings 8:54; —

1 spread out a garment (שִׂמְלָה‎) Judges 8:25, + לִפְנֵי‎ person Deuteronomy 22:17; — wings 32:11; 1 Kings 6:27 (read ᵐ5 כַּנְפֵיהֶם‎ Sta Kmp Kit Benz), + עַלJeremiah 49:22 (fig), + אֶל48:40; 1 Kings 8:7 2 Chronicles 5:3 (עַל‎), + לJob 39:26, לְמַעְלָהExodus 25:20; 37:9; wings omitted 1 Chronicles 28:18 and perhaps 2 Chronicles 3:13 (strike out כַּנְפֵי‎ Be); of ׳פ אוֺרוֺ עָלָיו ׳י,Job 36:30; spread out writing, לִפְנֵי‎ Pers. 2 Kings 19:14 = Isaiah 37:14; Ezekiel 2:10; sail Isaiah 33:23; fishingnet, מִכְמֶרֶת19:8 (עַל‎ location); net (רֶשֶׁת‎) as snare, figurative Hosea 5:1 (עַל‎ location), Psalm 140:6, לְרַגְלַיLamentations 1:13, with עַל‎ person Hosea 7:12 (of ׳י‎, Ezekiel 12:13 = 17:20; 19:8; 32:3, עַלעְֲָֿמָיוProverbs 29:5; ׳פ כַּמַּיִם‎ in prayer, + אַלExodus 9:29, 33 (J), 1 Kings 8:38 2 Chronicles 6:29; Ezra 9:5; Job 11:13, +, לPsalm 44:21, +, הַשָּׁמַיִם1 Kings 8:22 2 Chronicles 6:13 (הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה‎), 1 Kings 8:54, no complem. 2 Chronicles 6:12; of almsgiving, לֶעָנִי מָּֽרְשָׂה כַּמָּהּProverbs 31:20; ׳פ יַד‎, with עַל‎ of thing, Lamentations 1:10 of enemy's greed (si vera lectio, see Bu); spread out = display אִוֶּלֶת יִפְרשֹׁ וּכְסִילProverbs 13:16.

2 spread covering over 2 Samuel 17:19 (מָסָךְ‎ + עַלמְּֿנֵי‎ of thing), הַמַּכְבֵּר‎ over (עַל‎) face of another 2 Kings 8:15, כָּנָףskirt, עַל‎ person Ruth 3:9; Ezekiel 16:8 (figurative of ׳י‎); בֶּגֶּד‎ with עַל‎ of thing Numbers 4:7-8, :4:11, 13 with מִלְמָ֑עְלָה‎ v6; כְּסוּי‎ with עַל‎ of thing 4:14; אֶתהָֿאֹהֶל‎, with עַלהַֿמִּשְׁכָּןExodus 40:19; עַלהֶֿהָרִים מָּרֻשׂ שַׁחַרJoel 2:2; of לְמָסָךְ ׳פ עָנָן ׳יPsalm 105:39. — Micah 3:3; Lamentations 4:4 see מָּרַס‎.

Niph`al Imperfect3masculine plural יִכָר֑שׂוּEzekiel 17:21 they shall be scattered לְכָלרֿוּחַ‎; 34:12 read probably Participle נִפְרָשׂוֺת צאֹן‎ for שׁוֺת‎-, Hä Krae; on emendation of context see especially Toy Krae).

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וּפֵרַשׂIsaiah 25:11 etc. Imperfect3masculine singular יְפָרֵשׂ‎ v11, 3feminine singular תְּפָרֵשׂJeremiah 4:31; Infinitive cstr מָּרֵשׂPsalm 68:15, suffixמָּרִשְׂכֶםIsaiah 1:15; —

1 spread out:

a. with accusative כַּפַיִם‎ in prayer Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 4:31 so with יָדַיִםPsalm 143:6 (׳אֶליֿ‎), and of ׳י‎ entreating people Isaiah 65:2 (אֶל‎); ׳פ בְּיָדֶיהָ צִיֹוןLamentations 1:17.

b. spread out hands as in swimming Isaiah 25:11, and (יָדַיִם‎ omitted) 25:11.

2 = scatter, (?) subject ׳י‎, with accusative of person Zechariah 2:10 (ᵐ5‎ We Now מִ֖ קִבַּצְתִּי‎, yet see GASm); Psalm 68:15, in doubtful connection.