Plunder
פֶּ֫רֶקStrong’s H6563pereq (pe-req)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pereq is the Hebrew word usually translated “parting of ways” and “plunder”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.”
Meaning
- Parting of ways, breaking in upon, plunder, crossroad
How it's translated
- the parting of ways 1
- plunder 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Obadiah 1
- Nahum 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
פֶּ֫רֶק pereq · plunder
parting of ways, breaking in upon, plunder, crossroad
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “plunder” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLUN'DER, verb transitive
- To pillage; to spoil; to strip; to take the goods of an enemy by open force.
- To take by pillage or open force.
- To rob, as a thief; to take from; to strip; as, the thief plundered the house; the robber plundered a man of his money and watch; pirates plunder ships and men.
All definitions and other forms of “plunder”
PLUN'DER, noun
That which is taken from an enemy by force; pillage; prey; spoil.
- That which is taken by theft, robbery or fraud.
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.