pered · mule

What it means

pered (פֶּרֶד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “mule”.

A riding animal of princes in the time of David.

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. A cross of donkey and mare, for carrying or riding.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• mule ×7
• mules ×7

Related words

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

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×4
• 1 Kings×2
• 2 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Ezra×1
• Psalms×1
• Isaiah×1
• Ezekiel×1
• Zechariah×1

• 2 Samuel 13:29

  The young men of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons got up, and they rode, each on his mule, and fled.

• 2 Samuel 18:9

  Absalom happened to be before the servants of David. Absalom was riding on the mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of the great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heavens and the earth, while the mule that was under him went on.

• 1 Kings 10:25

  And they were bringing, each his tribute: utensils of silver and utensils of gold, and cloaks, and weapons, and spices, horses and mules, what was due for a year, year by year.

• 1 Kings 18:5

  Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the brooks; perhaps we will find grass and keep alive horse and mule, and not have to cut off some of the animals.”

• 2 Kings 5:17

  Naaman said, “If not, please let there be given to your servant a load of earth, as much as a pair of mules can carry; for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering or sacrifice to other gods, but to YHWH.

• 1 Chronicles 12:40

  And also those near to them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing bread on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on cattle: food of flour, cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, and wine and oil, and cattle and sheep in abundance; for there was joy in Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 9:24

  They brought each his tribute: utensils of silver and utensils of gold, cloaks, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, what was due for the year, year by year.

• Ezra 2:66

  Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;

• Psalms 32:9

  Do not be like a horse, like a mule, without understanding, with bit and bridle its trappings to restrain it; it does not come near to you.

• Isaiah 66:20

  And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as an offering to YHWH, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain, Jerusalem, says YHWH, just as the sons of Israel bring the offering in a clean vessel to the house of YHWH.

• Ezekiel 27:14

  Those of Beth-togarmah with horses, steeds, and mules paid for your wares.

• Zechariah 14:15

  And so will be the plague of the horse, the mule, the camel, and the donkey, and of all the livestock that may be in those camps: like this plague.

And 2 more times.