פֶּרַע
pera · loose hair
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6545 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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pera (פֶּרַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “loose hair”.
Hair left to grow loose, uncut.
How to say it
pe·ra
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
- Locks left to grow uncut.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- long hair ×1
- loose ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Numbers 6:5
All the days of his vow of consecration no razor shall pass over his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he separates himself to YHWH, he shall be holy; he shall let grow loose the hair of his head.
- Ezekiel 44:20
And their heads they shall not shave, and long hair they shall not let loose; they shall surely trim their heads.