To spread
פָּרַשׂStrong’s H6566paras (pa-ra-s)
Appears in 66 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Paras is the Hebrew word usually translated “spread out”, “spreading out” and “spreads out”. It appears in 66 verses of the Old Testament.
“Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.”
Meaning
- To spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces(Qal) · (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread out · (Piel)
How it's translated
- and he spread out 7
- spreading out 5
- and they will spread out 5
- and they spread out 3
- and he will spread out 3
- spread out 3
- he spreads out 3
- and i will spread 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 7
- Numbers 6
- Isaiah 6
- Exodus 5
- 1 Kings 5
- 2 Chronicles 5
22 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 9:29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD’s.
- Exodus 9:33And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
- Exodus 25:20And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
- Exodus 37:9And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
- Exodus 40:19And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Numbers 4:6And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
All 66 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
פָּרַשׂ paras · to spread
1) to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to spread out, display 1a2) to spread over 1b) (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread out 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to spread out 1c1) to scatter
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.