Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6545 - פֶרַע pera (long hair)

Original Word:	פֶרַע
Transliteration:	pera
Definition:	long hair, locks
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(peh'-rah)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

locks

From para'; the hair (as dishevelled) -- locks.

see HEBREW para'

Englishman's Concordance

1) hair, long hair (of head), locks
2) leader
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H6544
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1823a, 1822a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. מֶּ֫רַעnoun [masculine]leader (?); — plural absolute בִּפְרֹעַמְּרָעוֺתJudges 5:2for the leading of the leaders (ᵐ5^A Be Bu and others, but uncertain; ᵐ5^B Symm, compare We^{Israel u. Jüd. Geschichte. (2), 97; Held.(2). 123 and elsewhere}, for the loosing of locks [II. מֶּרַע], in vow of war; on these and other views see especially GFM^{on the passage}; conjectures also by Lambert^{RÉJ xxiv. 140} Grimme^{ZMG 1(1896), 572} Che^{JQ July 1899, 561} [reading ברכו]); construct מֵראֹשׁ מַּרְעוֺת אוֺיֵבDeuteronomy 32:42from the head of leaders of the foeᵐ5 Di Steuern and others; Kn Ke Dr and others from the long-haired heads of the foe.

II. מֶּ֫רַעnoun [masculine]long hair of head, locks; — ׳פ absolute Ezekiel 44:20; construct שְׂעַר ראֹשׁוֺ׳פNumbers 6:5 (P). — Judges 5:2; Deuteronomy 32:42, see I.מֶּרַע above

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6545. פֶּ֫רַע (pera) — 2 Occurrences

Numbers 6:5
HEB:יִהְיֶ֔ה גַּדֵּ֥ל פֶּ֖רַע שְׂעַ֥ר רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃
NAS: himself to the LORD; he shall let the locks of hair
KJV: he shall be holy, [and] shall let the locks of the hair
INT: become grow the locks of hair his head

Ezekiel 44:20
HEB:לֹ֣א יְגַלֵּ֔חוּ וּפֶ֖רַע לֹ֣א יְשַׁלֵּ֑חוּ
NAS: their heads, yet they shall not let their locks grow long;
KJV: their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long;
INT: shall not shave their locks not grow

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