פָּרַץ

Strong’s Definition

to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

[idiom] abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to break through or down or over, burst, breach
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be broken through
• 4.(pual) to be broken down
• 5.(hithpael) to break away

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: pârats; Pronunciation: paw-rats'