para (to lead) · Rightly

Meaning

To lead, act as leader
To let go, let loose, ignore, let alone(Qal) · (Niphal) to be let loose, be loosened of restraint · (Hiphil)

How it's translated

ignores 2
are you causing to refrain 1
running wild 1
had let run wild he 1
you let loose 1
let loose 1
he will let loose 1
and he will let loose 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Proverbs 6
Leviticus 3
Exodus 2
Numbers 1
Judges 1
2 Chronicles 1

7 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Exodus 32:25And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
Leviticus 10:6And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
Leviticus 13:45And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
Leviticus 21:10And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
Numbers 5:18And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
Judges 5:2Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

All 15 verses, by book

Exodus 2: 5:4 32:25
Leviticus 3: 10:6 13:45 21:10
Numbers 1: 5:18
Judges 1: 5:2
2 Chronicles 1: 28:19
Proverbs 6: 1:25 4:15 8:33 13:18 15:32 29:18
Ezekiel 1: 24:14

Hebrew dictionary

פָּרַע para · to lead

to lead, act as leader

פָּרַע para · to neglect

1) to let go, let loose, ignore, let alone 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to let go, let loose 1a2) to let alone, avoid, neglect 1a3) to loosen 1b) (Niphal) to be let loose, be loosened of restraint 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to refrain 1c2) to show lack of restraint 1c3) to let loose restraints

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “lead” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LEAD, noun

led.

A metal of a dull white color, with a cast of blue.
A plummet or mass of lead used in sounding at sea.
Leads, a flat roof covered with lead

All definitions and other forms of “lead”

LEAD, verb transitive

led. To cover with lead; to fit with lead

LEAD, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive led.

To guide by the hand; as, to lead a child.
To guide or conduct by showing the way; to direct; as, the Israelites were led by a pillar of a cloud by day, and by a pillar of fire by night.
To conduct to any place.“He leadeth me beside the still waters” Psalms 23:2
To conduct, as a chief or commander, implying authority; to direct and govern; as, a general leads his troops to battle and to victory.
To precede; to introduce by going first.
To guide; to show the method of attaining an object.
To draw; to entice; to allure.
To induce; to prevail on; to influence.
To pass; to spend, that is, to draw out; as, to lead a life of gayety, or a solitary life.“That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty” 1 Timothy 2:2

LEAD, verb intransitive

To go before and show the way.“I will lead on softly” Genesis 33:14
To conduct, as a chief or commander.
To draw; to have a tendency to.
To exercise dominion.

LEAD, noun

Precedence; a going before; guidance. Let the general take the lead [A colloquial word in reputable use.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.