Strong H6509פָּרָה

be fruitful

Transliteration
pârâh
Pronunciation
paw-raw'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to bear fruit (literally or figuratively): - {bear} bring forth ({fruit}) ({be} cause to {be} make) {fruitful} {grow} increase.

Detailed definition

1) to bear fruit, be fruitful, branch off
1a) (Qal) to bear fruit, be fruitful
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to bear fruit
1b2) to make fruitful
1b3) to show fruitfulness, bear fruit
Also means: pa.ra (פָּרָא "be fruitful" H6500)

In the Bible

Strong H6509 appears in 28 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • be7
  • fruitful5
  • make5
  • increase3
  • bring2
  • grow2
  • unto2
  • beareth1
  • cause1
  • ye1

First verses

  1. Genesis 1:22
    And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
  2. Genesis 1:28
    And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
  3. Genesis 8:17
    Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
  4. Genesis 9:1
    And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
  5. Genesis 9:7
    And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
  6. Genesis 17:6
    And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
  7. Genesis 17:20
    And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
  8. Genesis 26:22
    And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
  9. Genesis 28:3
    And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
  10. Genesis 35:11
    And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
  11. Genesis 41:52
    And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
  12. Genesis 47:27
    And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
  13. Genesis 48:4
    And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
  14. Genesis 49:22
    Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
  15. Exodus 1:7
    And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
  16. Exodus 23:30
    By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
  17. Leviticus 26:9
    For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
  18. Deuteronomy 29:18
    Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
  19. Psalms 105:24
    And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
  20. Psalms 128:3
    Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
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