Strong's Hebrew · H6504
פָּרַד
pârad · paw-rad'
disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter (abroad), separate (self), sever self, stretch, sunder.
Definition
to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself)
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 26 times in Scripture
“All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.”
“and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.””
“Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.”
“After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,”
“So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.”
“Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:”
“From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.”
“As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.”
“Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.””
“When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).