paras · divide, split (the hoof)

What it means

paras (פָּרַס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “divide, split (the hoof)”.

Divide, break (bread); said of an animal, have a split hoof.

How to say it

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

1. To divide bread and give it to others.
2. To have a split hoof.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• divide ×4
• divides ×2
• has a divided ×1
• has a parted hoof ×1
• hoofs ×1
• part ×1
• parts ×1
• share ×1
• those that have ×1
• will people break bread ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Leviticus×7
• Deuteronomy×4
• Psalms×1
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×1

• Leviticus 11:3

  Any beast that has a divided hoof and is split with a cleft in its hooves, that chews the cud, among the beasts, it you may eat.

• Leviticus 11:4

  But these you shall not eat, among those that chew the cud or among those that divide the hoof: the camel, for it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it shall be unclean for you.

• Leviticus 11:5

  And the hyrax, for it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it shall be unclean for you.

• Leviticus 11:6

  And the hare, for it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it shall be unclean for you.

• Leviticus 11:7

  And the pig, for it divides the hoof and is split with a cleft in the hoof, but it does not chew the cud; it shall be unclean for you.

• Leviticus 11:26

  Every beast that divides the hoof but is not split with a cleft, and does not chew the cud, they shall be unclean for you; whoever touches them will be unclean.

• Deuteronomy 14:6

  And every beast that has a parted hoof, split into two hoofs, and chews the cud among the beasts, it you may eat.

• Deuteronomy 14:7

  But these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud or of those that have the hoof parted in two: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof; they are unclean for you.

• Deuteronomy 14:8

  And the pig, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud, it is unclean for you. Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

• Psalms 69:31

  And it will be better to YHWH than an ox, than a bull with horns and hoofs.

• Isaiah 58:7

  Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and to bring the wandering afflicted home; when you see the naked, that you cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh?

• Jeremiah 16:7

  Nor will people break bread for them in mourning to comfort him for the dead, nor give them to drink the cup of consolation for his father or for his mother.

And 2 more times.