Parah פָּרָה

Parah (Hebrew פָּרָה, Strong's H6509) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be fruitful”. It occurs 29 times in 28 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Parah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 1:22
  And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
• Genesis 1:28
  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
• Genesis 8:17
  Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
• Genesis 9:1
  And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
• Genesis 9:7
  And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
• Genesis 17:6
  And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
• Genesis 17:20
  And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
• Genesis 26:22
  And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
• Genesis 28:3
  And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
• Genesis 35:11
  And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
• Genesis 41:52
  And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
• Genesis 47:27
  And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.
• Genesis 48:4
  And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
• Genesis 49:22
  Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

Exodus

• Exodus 1:7
  And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
• Exodus 23:30
  By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 26:9
  For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 29:18
  Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,

Psalms

• Psalm 105:24
  And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
• Psalm 128:3
  Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 11:1
  And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
• Isaiah 17:6
  Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel.Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten— two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
• Isaiah 32:12
  They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
• Isaiah 45:8
  Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 3:16
  And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.“In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.
• Jeremiah 23:3
  And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 19:10
  Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
• Ezekiel 36:11
  And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).