6555. parats

Lexical Summary

parats: To break out, burst forth, increase, spread

Original Word: פרַץ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: parats
Pronunciation: pah-rats
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-rats')
KJV: X abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge
NASB: broken down, urged, broken, increased, spread, break, breaks through
Word Origin: [a primitive root]

1. to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

abroad, make a breach, break away, down burst out, come spread abroad, compel, disperse, grow,

A primitive root; to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative) -- X abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to break through
NASB Translation
became...prosperous (1), breaches (1), break (2), break their down (1), break down (1), break forth (1), breaker (1), breaking away (1), breaks through (2), broke (1), broke down (1), broken (3), broken down (5), broken through (2), destroyed (1), distributed (1), employ violence (1), everywhere (1), increase (1), increased (3), infrequent* (1), made (1), made an outburst (1), outburst* (2), overflow (1), sinks (1), spread (3), spread abroad (1), tear down (1), through (1), tore down (2), urged (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. מָּרַץ verb break through (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic מְּרַץ id.; perhaps Assyrian parâƒu (see Dl^HWB); Arabic cut, slit, also hit); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular מָּרַץ 2 Samuel 5:20 +; 2 masculine singular suffix מְּרַצְתָּנוּ Psalm 60:3, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִפְרֹץ Exodus 1:12; Exodus 19:22, יִרְְָץֿ v 24, זַיִּפְרֹץ Genesis 30:30 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute מָּרֹץ Isaiah 5:5; construct מְּרֹץ2Chronicles 31:5, מְּרוֺץ Ecclesiastes 3:3; Participle active מֹּרֵץ Micah 2:13; Ecclesiastes 10:8; passive feminine singular מָּרוּצָה2Chronicles 32:5; Proverbs 25:28; masculine plural מְּרֻצִים Nehemiah 4:1 + הֵם מָּרוּצִים Nehemiah 2:13 Qr (> Kt המפרוצים ); — break through:

1 break or burst out, from womb Genesis 38:29 (J; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb); from enclosure Micah 2:13.

2 break through, down (from without), with accusative גָּדֵר Isaiah 5:5; Psalm 80:13; Psalm 89:41; Ecclesiastes 10:8; חוֺמָה Nehemiah 3:35; 2Chronicles 26:6, compare passive participle Nehemiah 2:13; 2Chronicles 32:5; with בְּחוֺמָה = make a breach in 2 Kings 14:13 2Chronicles 25:23; עִיר מְּרוּצָה Proverbs 25:28; absolute, opposed to בָּנָה Ecclesiastes 3:3; הַמֹּרֵץ Micah 2:13; הַמְּרוּצִים Nehemiah 4:1 the part broken down.

3 break into, with accusative ׳בֵּית י2Chronicles 24:7.

4 break open, a mining shaft Job 28:4.

5 break up, break in pieces, with accusative מַעֲשֶׂיךָ2Chronicles 20:37 ("" וַּיִּשָּֽׁבְרוּ אֳנִיּוֺת).

6 break put (violently) upon, of ׳י in sudden judgment, with accusative of person 2 Samuel 5:20 = 1 Chronicles 14:11; Psalm 60:3; c, ב person Exodus 19:22,24 (J), I Chron Exodus 15:13, so of plague Psalm 106:29; of ׳י, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb מֶּרֶין + ב person 2 Samuel 6:8 = 1 Chronicles 13:11; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + suffix Job 16:14.

7 use violence absolute Hosea 4:2.

8 break over [limits], increase, וַיִפְרֹץ לָרֹב Genesis 30:30 (J), 1 Chronicles 4:38; + ה locative Genesis 28:14 (J); absolute Genesis 30:43 (J), Exodus 1:12 (J; + רָבָה), Hosea 4:10; Isaiah 54:3, מָּרַץ בָּאָרֶץ Job 1:10.

9 burst open, intransitive, of wine-vats Proverbs 3:10 (with accusative of material תִּירוֺשׁ).

10 spread, i.e. become known, of הַדָּבָר2Chronicles 31:5. — 1 Chronicles 13:2 is probably corrupt, see Kau, who (after SS) conjectures נֶחֱרָצָה; ׳פ in 2 Chronicles 11:23 is apparently distributive (with מִן partitive) but dubious. — 1 Samuel 28:23; 2 Samuel 13:25,27; 2 Kings 5:23 see פצר.

Niph`al Participle אֵין חָזוֺן נִפְרָ֑ץ 1 Samuel 3:1 no vision spread abroad (i.e. General, or frequent, compare Qal 10; "" הָיָה יָקָר ׳דְּבַר י, but text dubious.

Pu`al Participle feminine מְפֹרָ֑צֶת Nehemiah 1:3 (of wall).

Hithpa`el Participle plural הַמִּתְמָּֽרְצִים 1 Samuel 25:10 slaves who break away, each from (מִמְּנֵי) his master.

Topical Lexicon

The Motif of Breaking Forth and Expansion

The verb conveyed by פרַץ repeatedly pictures a sudden, vigorous bursting of boundaries—physical, numerical, military, spiritual. Whether walls, enemies, flocks, or national borders, anything that restrains is shown yielding to a power greater than itself. The term is therefore used both positively (God-given growth and deliverance) and negatively (divine judgment that tears down human defenses).

Covenant Blessings of Fruitful Increase

1. Patriarchal promises. When the LORD told Jacob, “your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east, to the north and south” (Genesis 28:14), פרץ portrays the unstoppable advance of the covenant people.
2. Household prosperity. Jacob later reminds Laban, “your possessions have increased greatly” (Genesis 30:30), and the narrator concludes, “the man became exceedingly prosperous” (Genesis 30:43). Expansion is God’s gift, not human manipulation.
3. National multiplication. Under Egyptian oppression “the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread” (Exodus 1:12). Affliction cannot confine the people whom God intends to enlarge.
4. Territorial expansion. Isaiah promises the post-exilic remnant, “you will spread out to the right and to the left” (Isaiah 54:3), linking פרץ with global mission and Gentile inclusion.
5. Material abundance. “Your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine” (Proverbs 3:10). Hezekiah’s reforms likewise produced “an abundance, a tithe of everything” (2 Chronicles 31:5). Right relationship with the LORD yields overflowing provision.

Outbreak of Divine Deliverance

1. David’s victories. At Baal-perazim David proclaimed, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me” (2 Samuel 5:20; 1 Chronicles 14:11). God personally breaks through enemy lines, setting the pattern for every triumph that follows.
2. The Breaker leading the flock. “One who breaks open the way will go before them… their king will pass through before them, the LORD at their head” (Micah 2:13). The Shepherd-King clears the path of exile, pointing ultimately to Christ who breaks the power of sin and death (John 10:17–18; Hebrews 2:14-15).
3. Restoration of the Word. In Samuel’s youth “there were no widespread visions” (1 Samuel 3:1). God’s subsequent self-revelation shattered that drought, illustrating that genuine revival is a divine breach into human barrenness.

Breaches of Judgment

1. Perez-Uzzah. When Uzzah touched the ark “the LORD had burst out against Uzzah” (2 Samuel 6:8). Holiness cannot be handled casually; irreverence invites a sudden breach.
2. Collapsing defenses. “Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper” (Proverbs 25:28). Sin erodes self-governance, leaving life ungarrisoned.
3. Exilic warnings. The prophets picture people “going out through breaches in the walls” (Amos 4:3) as an image of covenant curses. Unrepentant hearts are themselves ruptured, and previously secure structures crumble.

Prophetic and Messianic Overtones

Micah 2:13 situates the Breaker at the head of His people, a figure later echoed in Christ’s resurrection (“the firstborn from the dead,” Colossians 1:18) and in the promise that “the gates of Hades will not prevail” (Matthew 16:18). Isaiah 54:3 anticipates the church’s mission, fulfilled at Pentecost when the Spirit bursts old ethnic confines (Acts 2:1-11). Thus every gospel advance—whether personal conversion or worldwide awakening—bears the stamp of פרַץ.

Pastoral and Ministry Applications

• Expectation of growth. Where the gospel is faithfully sown, numerical and spiritual increase should be anticipated, even under hostility (Exodus 1:12; Acts 4:4).
• Confidence in battle. Believers face opposition, but victory is secured by the Lord who “bursts out” before His people (2 Samuel 5:20).
• Guarded holiness. Casual attitudes toward God’s presence invite catastrophic breaches (2 Samuel 6:8). Reverence preserves blessing.
• Self-discipline. Personal walls must not be neglected (Proverbs 25:28). Spiritual disciplines reinforce the life that sin would otherwise fracture.
• Mission urgency. Isaiah’s and Micah’s visions compel an outward thrust—planting churches, discipling nations, trusting the Breaker to clear every obstacle.

Representative Occurrences

Genesis 28:14; 30:30, 43

Exodus 1:12

Numbers 14:42 (breach of divine protection)

1 Samuel 3:1

2 Samuel 5:20; 6:8

1 Kings 11:23 (Hadad’s raids breaking Solomon’s peace)

1 Chronicles 14:11; 15:13

2 Chronicles 31:5

Job 1:10 (hedge broken in Satan’s accusation)

Proverbs 3:10; 25:28

Isaiah 54:3

Jeremiah 14:17 (eyes overflow like a fountain)

Ezekiel 22:30 (seeking one to repair the wall and stand in the breach)

Amos 4:3

Micah 2:13

In its forty-nine appearances פרַץ consistently signals either God-given expansion or God-sent rupture. Both facets call God’s people to trust His power, revere His holiness, and follow His Breaker-King wherever He leads.

Forms and Transliterations

הַמִּתְפָּ֣רְצִ֔ים הַפְּרֻצִ֖ים הַפְּרוּצָ֜ה הַפֹּרֵץ֙ המתפרצים הפרוצה הפרץ הפרצים וְכִפְרֹ֣ץ וַיִּפְרְצוּ־ וַיִּפְרָץ־ וַיִּפְרֹ֞ץ וַיִּפְרֹ֣ץ וַיִּפְרֹ֥ץ וַיִּפְרֹ֨ץ וַיִּפְרֹץ֩ וַתִּפְרָץ־ וּפָרַ֖ץ וּפָרַצְתָּ֛ וּפֹרֵ֥ץ ויפרץ ויפרץ־ ויפרצו־ וכפרץ ופרץ ופרצת ותפרץ־ יִפְרְצֵ֣נִי יִפְרָץ־ יִפְרֹ֑ץ יִפְרֹ֑צוּ יִפְרֹ֥ץ יִפְרֹֽצוּ׃ יפרץ יפרץ־ יפרצו יפרצו׃ יפרצני לִפְר֖וֹץ לפרוץ מְפֹרָ֔צֶת מפרצת נִפְרְצָה֙ נִפְרָֽץ׃ נפרץ׃ נפרצה פְּ֭רוּצָה פְרַצְתָּ֑נוּ פָּ֤רַץ פָּֽרְצוּ֙ פָּרְצ֖וּ פָּרַ֖צְתָּ פָּרַ֣צְתָּ פָּרַ֤ץ פָּרַ֥ץ פָּרַ֥צְתָּ פָּרַ֧ץ פָּרַ֨ץ פָּרָ֕צוּ פָּרֹ֥ץ פָרְצ֖וּ פָרַ֧ץ פְּרוּצִ֔ים פרוצה פרוצים פרץ פרצו פרצת פרצתנו תִּפְרֹ֑צִי תפרצי faRatz fareTzu feratzTanu ham·miṯ·pā·rə·ṣîm hammiṯpārəṣîm hammitPareTzim hap·pə·rū·ṣāh hap·pə·ru·ṣîm hap·pō·rêṣ happərūṣāh happəruṣîm happeruTzah happeruTzim happōrêṣ happoRetz lifRotz lip̄·rō·wṣ lip̄rōwṣ mə·p̄ō·rā·ṣeṯ mefoRatzet məp̄ōrāṣeṯ nifRatz nifreTzah nip̄·rāṣ nip̄·rə·ṣāh nip̄rāṣ nip̄rəṣāh pā·rā·ṣū pā·raṣ p̄ā·raṣ pā·raṣ·tā pā·rə·ṣū p̄ā·rə·ṣū pā·rōṣ pāraṣ p̄āraṣ pāraṣtā pārāṣū paRatz paRatzta paRatzu pārəṣū p̄ārəṣū pareTzu pārōṣ paRotz p̄ə·raṣ·tā·nū pə·rū·ṣāh pə·rū·ṣîm p̄əraṣtānū pərūṣāh pərūṣîm Perutzah peruTzim tifRotzi tip̄·rō·ṣî tip̄rōṣî ū·p̄ā·raṣ ū·p̄ā·raṣ·tā ū·p̄ō·rêṣ ufaRatz ufaratzTa ufoRetz ūp̄āraṣ ūp̄āraṣtā ūp̄ōrêṣ vaiyifretzu vaiyifRotz vattifrotz vechifRotz wat·tip̄·rāṣ- wattip̄rāṣ- way·yip̄·rāṣ- way·yip̄·rə·ṣū- way·yip̄·rōṣ wayyip̄rāṣ- wayyip̄rəṣū- wayyip̄rōṣ wə·ḵip̄·rōṣ wəḵip̄rōṣ yifreTzeni yifRotz yifRotzu yip̄·rāṣ- yip̄·rə·ṣê·nî yip̄·rō·ṣū yip̄·rōṣ yip̄rāṣ- yip̄rəṣênî yip̄rōṣ yip̄rōṣū

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 28:14
HEB: כַּעֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֔רֶץ וּפָרַצְתָּ֛ יָ֥מָּה וָקֵ֖דְמָה
NAS: of the earth, and you will spread out to the west
KJV: of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west,
INT: the dust of the earth will spread to the west the east

Genesis 30:30
HEB: לְךָ֤ לְפָנַי֙ וַיִּפְרֹ֣ץ לָרֹ֔ב וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ
NAS: before I came and it has increased to a multitude,
KJV: which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now] increased unto a multitude;
INT: had before has increased to a multitude has blessed

Genesis 30:43
HEB: וַיִּפְרֹ֥ץ הָאִ֖ישׁ מְאֹ֣ד
NAS: So the man became exceedingly
KJV: And the man increased exceedingly,
INT: became the man exceedingly

Genesis 38:29
HEB: וַתֹּ֕אמֶר מַה־ פָּרַ֖צְתָּ עָלֶ֣יךָ פָּ֑רֶץ
NAS: a breach you have made for yourself! So he was named
KJV: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? [this] breach
INT: said What have made and A breach

Exodus 1:12
HEB: יִרְבֶּ֖ה וְכֵ֣ן יִפְרֹ֑ץ וַיָּקֻ֕צוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י
NAS: and the more they spread out, so that they were in dread
KJV: they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved
INT: multiplied and the more spread dread because

Exodus 19:22
HEB: יִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ פֶּן־ יִפְרֹ֥ץ בָּהֶ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃
NAS: the LORD will break out against them.
KJV: themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
INT: consecrate or will break the LORD

Exodus 19:24
HEB: יְהוָ֖ה פֶּן־ יִפְרָץ־ בָּֽם׃
NAS: or He will break forth upon them.
KJV: unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
INT: the LORD or will break

1 Samuel 3:1
HEB: אֵ֥ין חָז֖וֹן נִפְרָֽץ׃ ס
KJV: in those days; [there was] no open vision.
INT: else visions open

1 Samuel 25:10
HEB: רַבּ֣וּ עֲבָדִ֔ים הַמִּתְפָּ֣רְצִ֔ים אִ֖ישׁ מִפְּנֵ֥י
NAS: who are each breaking away from his master.
KJV: now a days that break away every man
INT: abundance servants breaking are each from

1 Samuel 28:23
HEB: לֹ֣א אֹכַ֔ל וַיִּפְרְצוּ־ ב֤וֹ עֲבָדָיו֙
NAS: with the woman urged him, and he listened
KJV: together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened
INT: I will not eat urged his servants together

2 Samuel 5:20
HEB: דָּוִד֒ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר פָּרַ֨ץ יְהוָ֧ה אֶת־
NAS: The LORD has broken through my enemies
KJV: The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies
INT: David said has broken the LORD enemies

2 Samuel 6:8
HEB: עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר פָּרַ֧ץ יְהוָ֛ה פֶּ֖רֶץ
NAS: of the LORD'S outburst against Uzzah,
KJV: because the LORD had made a breach
INT: and after had made of the LORD'S A breach

2 Samuel 13:25
HEB: נִכְבַּ֖ד עָלֶ֑יךָ וַיִּפְרָץ־ בּ֛וֹ וְלֹֽא־
NAS: for we will be burdensome to you. Although he urged him, he would
KJV: lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would
INT: will be burdensome unto urged not would

2 Samuel 13:27
HEB: וַיִּפְרָץ־ בּ֖וֹ אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם
NAS: But when Absalom urged him, he let
KJV: But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon
INT: urged Absalom let

2 Kings 5:23
HEB: קַ֣ח כִּכָּרָ֑יִם וַיִּפְרָץ־ בּ֗וֹ וַיָּצַר֩
NAS: two talents. And he urged him, and bound
KJV: two talents. And he urged him, and bound
INT: to take talents urged adversary talents

2 Kings 14:13
HEB: ק) יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיִּפְרֹץ֩ בְּחוֹמַ֨ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם
NAS: to Jerusalem and tore down the wall
KJV: to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall
INT: abide to Jerusalem down the wall of Jerusalem

1 Chronicles 4:38
HEB: וּבֵית֙ אֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם פָּרְצ֖וּ לָרֽוֹב׃
NAS: houses increased greatly.
KJV: of their fathers increased greatly.
INT: houses and their fathers' increased greatly

1 Chronicles 13:2
HEB: יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ נִפְרְצָה֙ נִשְׁלְחָ֞ה עַל־
NAS: let us send everywhere to our kinsmen
KJV: let us send abroad unto our brethren
INT: the LORD our God everywhere send unto

1 Chronicles 13:11
HEB: לְדָוִ֔יד כִּֽי־ פָרַ֧ץ יְהוָ֛ה פֶּ֖רֶץ
NAS: of the LORD'S outburst against Uzza;
KJV: because the LORD had made a breach
INT: David because had made of the LORD'S A breach

1 Chronicles 14:11
HEB: וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔יד פָּרַ֨ץ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֧ים אֶת־
NAS: God has broken through my enemies
KJV: God hath broken in upon mine enemies
INT: said and David has broken God enemies

1 Chronicles 15:13
HEB: לֹ֣א אַתֶּ֑ם פָּרַ֨ץ יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙
NAS: our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek
KJV: our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought
INT: not you made the LORD our God

2 Chronicles 11:23
HEB: וַיָּבֶן֩ וַיִּפְרֹ֨ץ מִכָּל־ בָּנָ֜יו
NAS: He acted wisely and distributed some
KJV: And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children
INT: acted and distributed all of his sons

2 Chronicles 20:37
HEB: עִם־ אֲחַזְיָ֗הוּ פָּרַ֤ץ יְהוָה֙ אֶֽת־
NAS: the LORD has destroyed your works.
KJV: the LORD hath broken thy works.
INT: with Ahaziah has destroyed the LORD your works

2 Chronicles 24:7
HEB: הַמִּרְשַׁ֔עַת בָּנֶ֥יהָ פָרְצ֖וּ אֶת־ בֵּ֣ית
NAS: Athaliah had broken into the house
KJV: that wicked woman, had broken up the house
INT: of the wicked the sons had broken the house of God

2 Chronicles 25:23
HEB: וַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיִּפְרֹ֞ץ בְּחוֹמַ֣ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם
NAS: him to Jerusalem and tore down the wall
KJV: him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall
INT: and brought to Jerusalem down the wall of Jerusalem

49 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6555
49 Occurrences

p̄ā·raṣ — 1 Occ.
p̄ā·rə·ṣū — 1 Occ.
p̄ə·raṣ·tā·nū — 1 Occ.
ham·miṯ·pā·rə·ṣîm — 1 Occ.
hap·pə·rū·ṣāh — 1 Occ.
hap·pə·ru·ṣîm — 1 Occ.
hap·pō·rêṣ — 1 Occ.
lip̄·rō·wṣ — 1 Occ.
mə·p̄ō·rā·ṣeṯ — 1 Occ.
nip̄·rāṣ — 1 Occ.
nip̄·rə·ṣāh — 1 Occ.
pā·raṣ — 7 Occ.
pā·raṣ·tā — 3 Occ.
pā·rā·ṣū — 1 Occ.
pā·rə·ṣū — 2 Occ.
pā·rōṣ — 1 Occ.
pə·rū·ṣāh — 1 Occ.
pə·rū·ṣîm — 1 Occ.
tip̄·rō·ṣî — 1 Occ.
ū·p̄ā·raṣ — 1 Occ.
ū·p̄ā·raṣ·tā — 1 Occ.
ū·p̄ō·rêṣ — 1 Occ.
way·yip̄·rə·ṣū- — 1 Occ.
way·yip̄·rōṣ — 9 Occ.
wat·tip̄·rāṣ- — 1 Occ.
wə·ḵip̄·rōṣ — 1 Occ.
yip̄·rə·ṣê·nî — 1 Occ.
yip̄·rōṣ — 3 Occ.
yip̄·rō·ṣū — 2 Occ.