H6531 פֶּרֶךְ (perek) peh'-rek

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

severity

Strong's Definition

fracture, i.e. severity

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to break apart;

KJV Usage: cruelty, rigour.

TWOT Reference: 1817a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) harshness, severity, cruelty

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G970 G3449

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

פֶּ֫רֶךְ (pe.rekh) — severity. harshness, severity, cruelty

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

פֶּרֶךְ (H6531)

noun m

Cruel

harshness, harsh rigor = state in which humans have no concern about the well-being of people or animals entrusted to their care

EXO 1:13 · EXO 1:14 · LEV 25:43 · LEV 25:46 · LEV 25:53 · EZK 34:4

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פֶּ֫רֶךְ n.[m.] harshness, severity base

Bible Occurrences (6)

1:13 1:14

25:43 25:46 25:53

34:4

Exodus 1:13

They worked... the Israelites... ruthlessly

Exodus 1:14

and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

Leviticus 25:43

You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

Leviticus 25:46

You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites..., no man may rule harshly over his brother.

Leviticus 25:53

He shall be treated... like a man hired from year to year, but [a foreign owner] must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick,... bound up the injured,... brought back the strays,... or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.