Definition
a primitive root; to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)
Traditional renderings: bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.
Traditional renderings: bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
29 total
- Genesis 1:22פְּר֣וּ · Be fruitfulThen God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
- Genesis 1:28פְּר֥וּ · Be fruitfulGod blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
- Genesis 8:17וּפָר֥וּ · and be fruitfulBring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
- Genesis 9:1פְּר֥וּ · Be fruitfulAnd God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
- Genesis 9:7פְּר֣וּ · be fruitfulBut as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
- Genesis 17:6וְהִפְרֵתִ֤י · fruitfulI will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
- Genesis 17:20וְהִפְרֵיתִ֥י · I will make him fruitfulAs for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
- Genesis 26:22וּפָרִ֥ינוּ · and we will be fruitfulHe moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
- Genesis 28:3וְיַפְרְךָ֖ · and make you fruitfulMay God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
- Genesis 35:11פְּרֵ֣ה · Be fruitfulAnd God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
- Genesis 41:52הִפְרַ֥נִי · has made me fruitfulAnd the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
- Genesis 47:27וַיִּפְר֥וּ · and became fruitfulNow the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.
- Genesis 48:4מַפְרְךָ֙ · I will make you fruitful…and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
- Genesis 49:22פֹּרָת֙ · is a fruitful; פֹּרָ֖ת · a fruitfulJoseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
- Exodus 1:7פָּר֧וּ · were fruitful…but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
- Exodus 23:30תִּפְרֶ֔ה · you become fruitfulLittle by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
- Leviticus 26:9וְהִפְרֵיתִ֣י · and make you fruitfulI will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
- Deuteronomy 29:18פֹּרֶ֥ה · that bearsMake sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
- Psalm 105:24וַיֶּ֣פֶר · fruitfulAnd the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
- Psalm 128:3פֹּרִיָּה֮ · will be like a fruitfulYour wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
- Isaiah 11:1יִפְרֶֽה׃ · will bear fruitThen a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
- Isaiah 17:6פֹּֽרִיָּ֔ה · on its fruitfulYet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 32:12פֹּרִיָּֽה׃ · for the fruitfulBeat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
- Isaiah 45:8וְיִפְרוּ־ · may sproutDrip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.
- Jeremiah 3:16וּפְרִיתֶ֨ם · and increase“In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.
- Jeremiah 23:3וּפָר֥וּ · where they will be fruitfulThen I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
- Ezekiel 19:10פֹּֽרִיָּה֙ · fruitfulYour mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
- Ezekiel 36:11וּפָר֑וּ · and be fruitfulI will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.