Flower
פֶּ֫רַחStrong’s H6525perach (pe-rach)
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Perach is the Hebrew word usually translated “blossoms its”, “blossom” and “bud”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.”
Meaning
- Bud, sprout
How it's translated
- and blossoms its 4
- and a blossom 4
- bud 2
- blossom of 2
- and the blossom 2
- blossom its 1
- and blossom their 1
- and blossom of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 6
- Numbers 2
- 1 Kings 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Isaiah 2
- Nahum 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 25:33Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
- Exodus 25:34And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
- Exodus 37:17And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
- Exodus 37:19Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
- Exodus 37:20And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
- Numbers 8:4And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
Hebrew dictionary
פֶּ֫רַח perach · flower
bud, sprout
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “flower” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FLOW'ER, noun
[Latin flos, floris, a flower; floreo, to blossom. See Flourish.]
- In botany, that part of a plant which contains the organs of fructification, with their coverings.
- In vulgar acceptation, a blossom or flower is the flower bud of a plant, when the petals are expanded; open petals being considered as the principal thing in constituting a flower But in botany, the petals are now considered as a finer sort of covering, and not at all necessary to constitute a flower
- The early part of life, or rather of manhood; the prime; youthful vigor; youth; as the flower of age or of life.
- The best or finest part of a thing; the most valuable part.
All definitions and other forms of “flower”
- The finest part; the essence.
- He or that which is most distinguished for any thing valuable.
- The finest part of grain pulverized.
- Flowers, in chimistry, fine particles of bodies, especially when raised by fire in sublimation, and adhering to the heads of vessels in the form of a powder or mealy substance; as the flowers of sulphur.
- In rhetoric, figures and ornaments of discourse or composition.
- Menstrual discharges.
FLOW'ER, verb intransitive
[from the noun. The corresponding word in Latin is floreo.]
- To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant.
- To be in the prime and spring of life; to flourish; to be youthful, fresh and vigorous.
- To froth; to ferment gently; to mantle, as new beer.
- To come as cream from the surface.
FLOW'ER, verb transitive
To embellish with figures of flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.