Lexical Definition

‎פָּרַע‎ pâraʻ (paw-rah') to lead ^H:V
a primitive root

avenge, avoid, bare, go back, let, (make) naked, set at nought, perish, refuse, uncover.

• to loosen
• by implication, to expose, dismiss
• figuratively, absolve, begin

1) to lead, act as leader
2) to let go, let loose, ignore, let alone
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to let go, let loose
2a2) to let alone, avoid, neglect
2a3) to loosen
2b) (Niphal) to be let loose, be loosened of restraint
2c) (Hiphil)
2c1) to cause to refrain
2c2) to show lack of restraint
2c3) to let loose restraints

See Greek: ἀκατακάλυπτος · ἀποκαλύπτω · ἀπωθέομαι · ἄρχω · ἀφαιρέω · διαστέλλομαι · διαστέλλομαι · διαστρέφω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎פָּרַע‎] verb denominative act as leader, lead (?); — only Infinitive construct ‎בִּפְרֹעַ‎ Judg 5:2, see above

III. ‎פָּרַע‎ verb let go, let alone (Late Hebrew id. unbind (hair), uncover; Arabic be empty, vacant, unoccupied (with of thing), Syriac uncover; ᵑ7 ‎פְּרַע‎ = Late Hebrew); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive ‎וּפָרַע‎ Num 5:18 suffix ‎פְּרָעֹה‎ (Ges^{«GKC:7b»§ 7 b, c}) Exod 32:25 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִפְרָ֑ע‎ Lev 21:10, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix ‎פְּרָעֵהוּ‎ Prov 4:15 Infinitive cstr. ‎פְּרֹע‎ Judg 5:2 Participle act. ‎פּוֺרֵעַ‎ Prov 13:18; Prov 15:32 pass. ‎פָּרוּעַ‎ Lev 13:45, ‎פָּרֻעַ‎ Ezek 32:25 —

1. let go, let loose, people, i.e. remove restraint from them, Exod 32:25 (twice in verse) (E); compare Job 15:4 Che^{JQ, July 1897, 577} (‎תִּפְרָע‎ for ‎תִּגְרַע‎); unbind head (by removing turban, sign of mourning) Lev 10:6; Lev 21:10 (forbidden to priests); also, Lev 13:45 (leper), Num 5:18 (womsn; all with ‎ראֹשׁ‎; see Now^{Archaeology ii. 114}; > denominative from ‎פֶּרַע‎ Gerber¹⁸ and others).

2. let alone = avoid Prov 4:15 = neglect Prov 1:25; Prov 8:33; Prov 13:18; Prov 15:32 absolute = refrain Ezek 24:14. — Judg 5:2 see I. ‎פֶּרַע‎. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִדָמפּ֫רַע עָ֑ם‎ Prov 29:18 the people is let loose, lacks restraint. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הַפְרִיעַ‎ 2Chr 28:19 Imperfect 2 masculine plural ‎תַּפְרִיעוּ‎ Exod 5:4 —

1. cause people to refrain, ‎מִמַּעֲשָׂיו‎ Exod 5:4.

2. shew lack of restraint 2Chr 28:19.

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