Strong's Hebrew · H6509
H6509 pârâh
פָּרָה
paw-raw'
be fruitful
pârâh appears 29 times in Scripture, including Genesis 1:22 and Genesis 1:28. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)
In the King James Version
bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 29 times in Scripture
“Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.””
“God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.””
“But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.””
“As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.”
“And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.”
“He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.””
“And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.”
“Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.””
“May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.”
“I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
