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6550 - parosh

Note Journal Prayer

Strong's Concordance

Original word: פַּרְעֹשׁ
Transliteration: parosh
Definition (short): flea
Definition (full): a flea

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: of uncertain derivation
Definition: a flea
NASB Translation: flea (2).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Probably from para' and ash; a flea (as the isolated insect) -- flea.

see HEBREW para'

see HEBREW ash

References

Strong's 6550: 2 Occurrences
KJV: After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
NASB: "After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog, a single flea?
KJV: Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
NASB: "Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains."