◄ 6569. peresh ►
Strong's Lexicon peresh: Dung, refuse, excrement Original Word: פֶרֶשׁ Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: peresh Pronunciation: peh'-resh Phonetic Spelling: (peh'-resh) Definition: excrement Meaning: Excrement, dung, refuse. Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to break up or to spread. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • While there is no direct Greek equivalent in the Strong's Concordance for פֶרֶשׁ, related concepts of impurity and refuse can be found in Greek terms such as σκύβαλον (skubalon, Strong's Greek 4657), which means refuse or dung, used metaphorically by Paul in Philippians 3:8 to describe all things as loss compared to the surpassing worth of knowing Christ. Usage: The term פֶרֶשׁ is used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to excrement or dung, often in contexts related to ritual impurity or as a metaphor for something considered worthless or detestable. Context: • פֶרֶשׁ appears in the Hebrew Bible primarily in contexts that emphasize uncleanness or the disposal of waste. It is notably used in sacrificial contexts, where the entrails and refuse of sacrificial animals are to be taken outside the camp or city and burned, as seen in Leviticus 4:11-12: "But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung— all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place, to the ash heap, and burn it there on a wood fire; it is to be burned on the ash heap." • The term is also used metaphorically to describe the worthlessness or defilement of certain actions or people. In Malachi 2:3, God warns the priests of their unfaithfulness, saying, "Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the dung of your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it." • The use of פֶרֶשׁ underscores the importance of purity and the removal of defilement in the religious practices of ancient Israel. It serves as a vivid reminder of the separation between the holy and the profane, and the need for cleansing and atonement. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from an unused word Definition fecal matter NASB Translation refuse (7). Brown-Driver-Briggs מֶּ֫רֶשׁ noun [masculine] faecal matter found in intestines of victim; — ׳פ absolute Malachi 2:3; construct Malachi 2:3; suffix מִּרְשׁוֺ Exodus 29:14; Leviticus 4:11; Leviticus 8:17; מִּרְשָׁה Numbers 19:5; מִּרְשָׁם Leviticus 16:27 (all P). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance dung From parash; excrement (as eliminated) -- dung. see HEBREW parash Forms and Transliterations וּפִרְשֽׁוֹ׃ ופרשו׃ פִּרְשָֽׁם׃ פִּרְשָׁ֖הּ פִּרְשׁ֔וֹ פֶ֙רֶשׁ֙ פֶּ֖רֶשׁ פרש פרשה פרשו פרשם׃ feresh pe·reš p̄e·reš pereš p̄ereš Peresh pir·šāh pir·šām pir·šōw piršāh piršām pirShah pirSham pirSho piršōw ū·p̄ir·šōw ufirSho ūp̄iršōw Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Exodus 29:14 HEB: עֹר֣וֹ וְאֶת־ פִּרְשׁ֔וֹ תִּשְׂרֹ֣ף בָּאֵ֔שׁ NAS: and its hide and its refuse, you shall burn KJV: and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn INT: of the bull hide refuse shall burn fire Leviticus 4:11 HEB: כְּרָעָ֑יו וְקִרְבּ֖וֹ וּפִרְשֽׁוֹ׃ NAS: and its entrails and its refuse, KJV: and his inwards, and his dung, INT: legs entrails refuse Leviticus 8:17 HEB: בְּשָׂר֣וֹ וְאֶת־ פִּרְשׁ֔וֹ שָׂרַ֣ף בָּאֵ֔שׁ NAS: and its flesh and its refuse he burned KJV: his flesh, and his dung, he burnt INT: hide flesh refuse burned the fire Leviticus 16:27 HEB: בְּשָׂרָ֖ם וְאֶת־ פִּרְשָֽׁם׃ NAS: their flesh, and their refuse in the fire. KJV: and their flesh, and their dung. INT: their hides their flesh and their refuse Numbers 19:5 HEB: דָּמָ֔הּ עַל־ פִּרְשָׁ֖הּ יִשְׂרֹֽף׃ NAS: and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned. KJV: and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: INT: blood with refuse shall be burned Malachi 2:3 HEB: הַזֶּ֔רַע וְזֵרִ֤יתִי פֶ֙רֶשׁ֙ עַל־ פְּנֵיכֶ֔ם NAS: and I will spread refuse on your faces, KJV: and spread dung upon your faces, INT: your offspring will spread refuse on your faces Malachi 2:3 HEB: עַל־ פְּנֵיכֶ֔ם פֶּ֖רֶשׁ חַגֵּיכֶ֑ם וְנָשָׂ֥א NAS: on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; KJV: upon your faces, [even] the dung of your solemn feasts; INT: on your faces the refuse of your feasts will be taken 7 Occurrences Strong's Hebrew 6569 7 Occurrences p̄e·reš — 1 Occ. pe·reš — 1 Occ. pir·šāh — 1 Occ. pir·šām — 1 Occ. pir·šōw — 2 Occ. ū·p̄ir·šōw — 1 Occ.