6288. porah

Strong's Lexicon

porah: Fruitfulness, Bough

Original Word: פְאֹרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: p'orah
Pronunciation: po-RAH
Phonetic Spelling: (peh-o-raw')
Definition: Fruitfulness, Bough
Meaning: ornamentation, foliage, as bright green

Word Origin: Derived from the root פָּרָה (parah), meaning "to bear fruit" or "to be fruitful."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for similar concepts of fruitfulness is καρπός (karpos), Strong's Greek #2590, which also means "fruit" or "produce."

Usage: The term "porah" is used in the Hebrew Bible to denote fruitfulness or a bough, often symbolizing abundance and prosperity. It is associated with the idea of growth and productivity, both in a literal agricultural sense and metaphorically in terms of blessings and offspring.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, agriculture was central to daily life and survival. The concept of fruitfulness was deeply embedded in the culture, symbolizing divine blessing and favor. The imagery of a fruitful bough or branch was often used to describe the prosperity of a person, family, or nation. This reflects the agrarian society's reliance on the land and its produce as a sign of God's provision.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a bough
NASB Translation
boughs (1), branches (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[מּאֹרָה] noun feminine bough; — plural, all in figure: of vine, absolute מּאֹרוֺת Ezekiel 17:6 (Baer מֹּראֹות); of cedar, suffix מּאֹרֹתוֺ Ezekiel 31:5 (Kt; יָ֯ו Qr); מּאֹרֹתָיו Ezekiel 31:6, מֹּראֹתָיו Ezekiel 31:8; Ezekiel 31:12; Ezekiel 31:13.

פארה Kt., מּוּרָה Qr noun feminine collective boughs Isaiah 10:33 (van d. H. Baer מֻּארָה).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bough, branch, sprig

Or pora'h {po-raw'}; or pu'rah {poo-raw'}; from pa'ar; properly, ornamentation, i.e. (plural) foliage (including the limbs) as bright green -- bough, branch, sprig.

see HEBREW pa'ar

Forms and Transliterations

כְּפֹֽארֹתָ֑יו כפארתיו פֹּֽארֹתָיו֙ פֹּארֹתָ֣יו פֹּארֽוֹת׃ פֹֽארֹתָיו֙ פֹארֹתָ֛יו פֻּארָ֖ה פארה פארות׃ פארתיו foroTav kə·p̄ō·rō·ṯāw keforoTav kəp̄ōrōṯāw pō·rō·ṯāw p̄ō·rō·ṯāw pō·rō·wṯ poRot poroTav pōrōṯāw p̄ōrōṯāw pōrōwṯ pu·rāh puRah purāh

Englishman's Concordance

Isaiah 10:33
HEB: צְבָא֔וֹת מְסָעֵ֥ף פֻּארָ֖ה בְּמַעֲרָצָ֑ה וְרָמֵ֤י
KJV: shall lop the bough with terror:
INT: of hosts will lop the bough A terrible are tall

Ezekiel 17:6
HEB: בַּדִּ֔ים וַתְּשַׁלַּ֖ח פֹּארֽוֹת׃
NAS: shoots and sent out branches.
KJV: branches, and shot forth sprigs.
INT: branches and sent branches

Ezekiel 31:5
HEB: [פֹארֹתֹו כ] (פֹארֹתָ֛יו ק) מִמַּ֥יִם
NAS: became many and its branches long
KJV: were multiplied, and his branches became long
INT: boughs long bough waters of many

Ezekiel 31:6
HEB: הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְתַ֤חַת פֹּֽארֹתָיו֙ יָֽלְד֔וּ כֹּ֖ל
NAS: And under its branches all
KJV: in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts
INT: of the heavens and under branches gave all

Ezekiel 31:8
HEB: לֹֽא־ הָי֖וּ כְּפֹֽארֹתָ֑יו כָּל־ עֵץ֙
NAS: And the plane trees could not match its branches. No
KJV: and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree
INT: not become branches all manner tree

Ezekiel 31:12
HEB: דָלִיּוֹתָ֗יו וַתִּשָּׁבַ֤רְנָה פֹֽארֹתָיו֙ בְּכֹל֙ אֲפִיקֵ֣י
NAS: have fallen and its boughs have been broken
KJV: are fallen, and his boughs are broken
INT: branches have been broken boughs all the ravines

Ezekiel 31:13
HEB: הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְאֶל־ פֹּארֹתָ֣יו הָי֔וּ כֹּ֖ל
NAS: of the field will be on its [fallen] branches
KJV: of the field shall be upon his branches:
INT: of the heavens will be on its branches become and all

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6288
7 Occurrences

p̄ō·rō·ṯāw — 2 Occ.
kə·p̄ō·rō·ṯāw — 1 Occ.
pō·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
pō·rō·ṯāw — 2 Occ.
pu·rāh — 1 Occ.