To declare
פָּרַשׁStrong’s H6567parash (pa-rash)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Parash is the Hebrew word usually translated “decide”, “it had been decided” and “making clear”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.”
Meaning
- To make distinct, declare, distinguish, separate(Qal) to declare, clarify · (Pual) to be distinctly declared
- (Hiphil) to pierce, sting
How it's translated
- to decide 1
- it had been decided 1
- making clear 1
- it will sting 1
- separated 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 1
- Numbers 1
- Nehemiah 1
- Proverbs 1
- Ezekiel 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 15:34And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
- Nehemiah 8:8So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
- Proverbs 23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Hebrew dictionary
פָּרַשׁ parash · to declare
1) to make distinct, declare, distinguish, separate 1a) (Qal) to declare, clarify 1b) (Pual) to be distinctly declared Aramaic equivalent: pe.rash (פְּרַשׁ "to make clear" H6568)
פָּרַשׁ parash · to pierce
(Hiphil) to pierce, sting
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “declare” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DECLA'RE, verb transitive
[Latin to make clear.]
- To clear; to free from obscurity; to make plain.
- To make known; to tell explicitly; to manifest or communicate plainly to others by words.“I will declare what he hath done for my soul” Psalms 66:16
- To make known; to show to the eye or to the understanding; to exhibit; to manifest by other means than words.“The heavens declare the glory of God” Psalms 19:1
- To publish; to proclaim.“Declare his glory among the heathen” 1 Chronicles 16:24“Declaring the conversion of the Gentiles” Acts 15:3
All definitions and other forms of “declare”
- To assert; to affirm; as, he declares the story to be false.
DECLA'RE, verb intransitive
- To make a declaration; to proclaim or avow some opinion or resolution in favor or in opposition; to make known explicitly some determination; with for or against; as, the prince declared for the allies; the allied powers declared against France.
- In law, to recite the causes of complaint against the defendant; as, the plaintiff declares in debt or trespass.
- To show or manifest the issue or event; to decide in favor of; as, victory had not declared for either party.
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.