פֶּרֶק
perek · crossroads; plunder
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6563 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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perek (פֶּרֶק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “crossroads; plunder”.
A fork in the road, a crossroads; also plunder, what is taken by violence.
How to say it
pe·rek
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Where roads part.
- What is seized by force.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- crossroads ×1
- plunder ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Obadiah 1:14
Nor should you have stood at the crossroads to cut off his fugitives, nor handed over his survivors on the day of distress.
- Nahum 3:1
Woe to the city of blood! All of it is full of lies and plunder; the prey does not depart.