Interpretation
פְּשַׁרStrong’s H6591peshar (pe-shar)
Appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Peshar is the Aramaic word usually translated “interpretation its”, “interpretation the” and “interpretation of”. It appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.”
Meaning
- Interpretation (of dream)
How it's translated
- and interpretation its 13
- and interpretation the 6
- interpretation the 4
- interpretation its 3
- interpretation of 3
- interpretations 1
- and interpretation of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 26
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:5In contextThe king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
- Daniel 2:6In contextBut if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 2:7In contextThey answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
- Daniel 2:9In contextBut if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 2:16In contextThen Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
- Daniel 2:24In contextTherefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
Aramaic dictionary
פְּשַׁר peshar · interpretation
interpretation (of dream) Aramaic of pit.ron (פִּתְרוֹן "interpretation" H6623)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “interpretation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INTERPRETA'TION, noun
[Latin interpretatio.]
- The act of interpreting; explanation of unintelligible words in language that is intelligible. interpretation is the design of translation.
- The act of expounding or unfolding what is not understood or not obvious; as the interpretation of dreams and prophecy.
- The sense given by an interpreter; exposition.
- The power of explaining.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.