H6501 - פֶּרֶא (pereʼ)

H6501 פֶּרֶא (pereʼ) peh'-reh

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

wild donkey

Strong's Definition

the onager

Derivation: or פֶּרֶה; (Jeremiah 2:24), from H6500 (פָּרָא) in the secondary sense of running wild;

KJV Usage: wild (ass).

TWOT Reference: 1805a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) wild ass

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G66 G3688

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

wild ass

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פֶּרֶה / פֶּרֶא pere / pereh BDB Definition: 1) wild ass Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6500 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1805a Total KJV Occurrences: 19

Bible Occurrences (10)

16:12

6:5 11:12 24:5 39:5

104:11

32:14

2:24 14:6

8:9

Genesis 16:12

He will be a wild donkey [of a] man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.

Job 6:5

Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?

Job 11:12

But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

Job 24:5

Indeed, [like] wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

Job 39:5

Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

Isaiah 32:14

For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever... — the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks —

Jeremiah 2:24

a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.

Jeremiah 14:6

Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.