פְּרִי (Peri): The Fruit of a Life Rooted in God’s Word

Reformed Thinking · Jun 28, 2026 · 32m

Deep Dive into פְּרִיThe Hebrew noun peri, derived from the root verb parah, translates primarily as fruit and appears approximately 120 times in the biblical text. The Septuagint typically translates this term into Greek as karpos or genema. Its usage across the corpus is categorized into three main areas: literal agricultural produce, biological offspring, and the metaphorical consequences of human actions.In its literal sense, peri refers to the edible produce of plants, shrubs, trees, and field crops. Texts frequently mention the fruit of fruit-bearing trees, vines, vineyards, orchards…