- Original: פּרך - Transliteration: Perek - Phonetic: peh'-rek - Definition: 1. harshness, severity, cruelty - Origin: from an unused root meaning to break apart - TWOT entry: 1817a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root meaning to break apart; fracture that is severity: - cruelty rigour. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • cruelty, 1 Ezekiel 34:4 • over, 1 Leviticus 25:53 • rigor, 4 Exodus 1:13; Exodus 1:14; Leviticus 25:43; Leviticus 25:46