Quick Definition
to divide
Strong's Definition
to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distribute
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: deal, divide, have hoofs, part, tear.
TWOT Reference: 1821
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פָּרַס (pa.ras) — to divide. 1) to divide, break in two 1a) (Qal) to break, break up 1b) (Hiphil) to be divided (of hoofs) Aramaic equivalent: pe.ras (פְּרַס "to divide" H6537A)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · פֶּרֶס · פַּרְסָה · פְּרֵס
Non-Whole | verb qal
to share = causative action by which humans divide an object into portions ► with the intention of giving one of these portions to someone else
Non-Whole | verb hif
Collocation: פרס פַּרְסָה
to divide the hoof, to have a cleft hoof = state in which an animal has a cleft hoof, which is one of the conditions for it to be considered clean
LEV 11:3 · LEV 11:4 · LEV 11:4 · LEV 11:5 · LEV 11:6 · LEV 11:7 · LEV 11:26 · DEU 14:6 · DEU 14:7 · DEU 14:7 · DEU 14:8 · PSA 69:32
Non-Whole | verb pe'il
to be divided = process by which an area becomes divided into more than one part
Non-Whole | verb qal
to cut up, to chop up = causative action by which humans divide an object into small pieces
1 PSA 69:32 The word פַּרְסָה is not in the text but clearly implied. 2 MIC 3:3 MT פרשׂ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[פָּרַס, erron. פָּרַשׂ] vb. break in two, divide Qal they have broken up bones, as in kettle
Hiph. divide hoof, i.e. have divided hoof
having hoofs
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