Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6531
פֶּ֫רֶךְ
pe.rekh · “severity”
Used 6 times across 3 books
Definition
harshness, severity, cruelty
Where it appears
Exodus2
Leviticus3
Ezekiel1
In the text
Exodus 1:13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:Exodus 1:14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.Leviticus 25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.Leviticus 25:46And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.Leviticus 25:53And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.Ezekiel 34:4The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
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