Paras פָּרַשׂ

Paras (Hebrew פָּרַשׂ, Strong's H6566) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to spread”. It occurs 67 times in 66 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 Paras, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 9:29
  And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord’s.Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
• Exodus 9:33
  And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
• Exodus 25:20
  And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
• Exodus 37:9
  And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
• Exodus 40:19
  And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moses.Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Numbers

• Numbers 4:6
  And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.They are to place over this a covering of fine leather, spread a solid blue cloth over it, and insert its poles.
• Numbers 4:7
  And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to remain on it.
• Numbers 4:8
  And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.And they shall spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with fine leather, and insert the poles.
• Numbers 4:11
  And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.
• Numbers 4:13
  And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,
• Numbers 4:14
  And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it.and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine leather and insert the poles.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 22:17
  And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
• Deuteronomy 32:11
  As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.

Judges

• Judges 8:25
  And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

Ruth

• Ruth 3:9
  And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.“Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 17:19
  And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 6:27
  And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched.
• 1 Kings 8:7
  For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
• 1 Kings 8:22
  And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
• 1 Kings 8:38
  What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
• 1 Kings 8:54
  And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 8:15
  And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.
• 2 Kings 19:14
  And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 28:18
  And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 3:13
  The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
• 2 Chronicles 5:8
  For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
• 2 Chronicles 6:12
  And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.
• 2 Chronicles 6:13
  For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
• 2 Chronicles 6:29
  Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

Ezra

• Ezra 9:5
  And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,

Job

• Job 11:13
  If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
• Job 36:30
  Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
• Job 39:26
  Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?

Psalms

• Psalm 44:20
  If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
• Psalm 68:14
  When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.
• Psalm 105:39
  He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
• Psalm 140:5
  The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
• Psalm 143:6
  I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

Proverbs

• Proverbs 13:16
  Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
• Proverbs 29:5
  A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
• Proverbs 31:20
  She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 1:15
  And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
• Isaiah 19:8
  The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
• Isaiah 25:11
  And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.
• Isaiah 33:23
  Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.
• Isaiah 37:14
  And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
• Isaiah 65:2
  I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 4:31
  For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child— the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”
• Jeremiah 48:40
  For thus saith the Lord; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
• Jeremiah 49:22
  Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 1:10
  The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
• Lamentations 1:13
  From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
• Lamentations 1:17
  Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
• Lamentations 4:4
  The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 2:10
  And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
• Ezekiel 12:13
  My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
• Ezekiel 16:8
  Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 17:20
  And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
• Ezekiel 17:21
  And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’
• Ezekiel 19:8
  Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
• Ezekiel 32:3
  Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.

Hosea

• Hosea 5:1
  Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
• Hosea 7:12
  When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.

Joel

• Joel 2:2
  A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.

Micah

• Micah 3:3
  Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”

Zechariah

• Zechariah 2:6
  Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares 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).