Parar פָּרַר

Parar (Hebrew פָּרַר, Strong's H6565) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to break”. It occurs 50 times in 46 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H6565A: to break

H6565B: to split

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

Genesis

• Genesis 17:14
  And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

Leviticus

• Leviticus 26:15
  And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
• Leviticus 26:44
  And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.

Numbers

• Numbers 15:31
  Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”
• Numbers 30:8
  But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her.But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.
• Numbers 30:12
  But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the Lord shall forgive her.But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.
• Numbers 30:13
  Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.
• Numbers 30:15
  But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 31:16
  And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
• Deuteronomy 31:20
  For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.

Judges

• Judges 2:1
  And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 15:34
  But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
• 2 Samuel 17:14
  And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 15:19
  There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 16:3
  There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

Ezra

• Ezra 4:5
  And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.
• Ezra 9:14
  Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 4:15
  And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.

Job

• Job 5:12
  He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
• Job 15:4
  Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
• Job 16:12
  I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
• Job 40:8
  Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

Psalms

• Psalm 74:13
  Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
• Psalm 85:4
  Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
• Psalm 119:126
  It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 15:22
  Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 12:5
  Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 8:10
  Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
• Isaiah 14:27
  For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
• Isaiah 24:5
  The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
• Isaiah 24:19
  The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.
• Isaiah 33:8
  The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
• Isaiah 44:25
  That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 11:10
  They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
• Jeremiah 14:21
  Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
• Jeremiah 31:32
  Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 33:20
  Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
• Jeremiah 33:21
  Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 16:59
  For thus saith the Lord God; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
• Ezekiel 17:15
  But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
• Ezekiel 17:16
  As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
• Ezekiel 17:18
  Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’
• Ezekiel 44:7
  In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 11:10
  And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
• Zechariah 11:11
  And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
• Zechariah 11:14
  Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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).