Parnas (פרנס) means officer in Hebrew.
It can also mean administrator, executive, and warden. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
פַּרְנָס
parnas
noun · masculine
In English
officer, administrator, executive, warden
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Parnas.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ממונה, מנהל אחראי על עסקי ציבור, נאמן, מנהל עניני הציבור, מנהל מוסד ציבורי.
The word Parnas is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- פַּרְנָס
- Written without vowel points
- פרנס
- Said
- parnas
- Root
- פ־ר־נ־ס
- Pattern
- קַטָּל
- Plural
- פַּרְנָסִים
- Inflections
- ר' פַּרְנָסִים, פַּרְנָסֵי־
- Gematria
- 390
This is how Parnas is said in other languages.
- English
- officer, administrator, executive, warden
These words rhyme with Parnas.
These words come before and after Parnas in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Parnas.
What does Parnas (פרנס) mean in Hebrew?
Parnas (פרנס) means officer, administrator, and executive. It is said parnas, with the stress on nas.
What rhymes with Parnas (פרנס)?
Words that rhyme with Parnas (פרנס) include מפרש, כלונס, פס, גס, קירקס, and הדס.
Is Parnas (פרנס) masculine or feminine?
The word Parnas (פרנס) is a masculine noun, and its plural is פַּרְנָסִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry פרנס of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.