To interpret
פְּשַׁרStrong’s H6622peshar (pe-shar)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Peshar is the Hebrew word usually translated “interprets”, “had interpreted” and “interpreted”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.”
Meaning
- To interpret(P'al) to interpret · (Pael) to interpret
How it's translated
- and interprets 2
- he had interpreted 2
- he interpreted 2
- interpreted 1
- and he interpreted 1
- to interpret 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 7
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 40:16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
- Genesis 40:22But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
- Genesis 41:8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:12And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
- Genesis 41:13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
- Genesis 41:15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
Hebrew dictionary
פְּשַׁר peshar · to interpret
1) to interpret 1a) (P'al) to interpret 1b) (Pael) to interpret
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “interpret” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INTER'PRET, verb transitive
[Latin interpretor, from interpres.]
- To explain the meaning or words to a person who does not understand them; to expound; to translate unintelligible words into intelligible ones; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman.
- To explain or unfold the meaning of predictions, vision, dreams or enigmas; to expound and lay open what is concealed from the understanding; as, Joseph interpreted the dream of Pharaoh.
- To decipher.
- To explain something not understood; as, to interpret looks or signs.
All definitions
- To define; to explain words by other words in the same language.
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.