Copy
פַּרְשֶׁ֫גֶןStrong’s H6572parshegen (par-she-gen)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Parshegen is the Hebrew word usually translated “copy of”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.”
Meaning
- Copy
How it's translated
- copy of 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 3
- Ezra 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Esther 3:14The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
- Esther 4:8Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
- Esther 8:13The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
Hebrew dictionary
פַּרְשֶׁ֫גֶן parshegen · copy
copy Another spelling of pat.she.gen (פַּתְשֶׁ֫גֶן "copy" H6572B)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “copy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COPY, noun
[See Cope and Cuff.]
Literally, a likeness, or resemblance of any kind. Hence,
- A writing like another writing; a transcript from an original; or a book printed according to the original; hence, any single book, or set of books, containing a composition resembling the original work; as the copy of a deed, or of a bond; a copy of Addisons works; a copy of the laws; a copy of the scriptures.
- The form of a picture or statue according to the original; the imitation or likeness of any figure, draught, or almost any object.
- An original work; the autograph; the archetype.
- Abundance. [Latin]
All definitions and other forms of “copy”
COPY, verb transitive
- To write, print or engrave, according to an original; to form a like work or composition by writing, printing or engraving; to transcribe; often followed by out, but the use is not elegant.
- To paint or draw according to an original.
- To form according to a model, as in architecture.
- To imitate or attempt to resemble; to follow an original or pattern, in manners or course of life. copy the Savior in his humility and obedience.
COPY, verb intransitive
To imitate or endeavor to be like; to do any thing in imitation of something else. A painter copies from the life. An obedient child copies after his parent.
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.