Strong's Hebrew · H6550
פַּרְעֹשׁ
parʻôsh · par-oshe'
Definitiona flea (as the isolated insect)
Derivationprobably from H6544 (פָּרַע) and H6211 (עָשׁ);
KJV usageflea.
Occurrences2 in the KJV · 2 verses
פַּרְעֹשׁ in Scripture
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.