Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6550: פַּרְעֹשׁ

parʻôsh · pronounced par-oshe' · “flea”

Definition

a flea (as the isolated insect)

KJV translates it as: flea.

Word origin: probably from H6544 (פָּרַע) and H6211 (עָשׁ);

Extended definition

flea

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H6550 is translated

  • a flea ×2

Bible verses with H6550 (parʻôsh)

Parʻôsh appears in 2 verses.

  • 1 Samuel 24:14

    After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

  • 1 Samuel 26:20

    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.

Words derived from H6550