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Strong H6557פֶּ֫רֶץ

Perez

Transliteration
perets
Pronunciation
peh'-rets
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

The same as H6556; {Perets} the name of two Israelites: - {Perez} Pharez.

Meaning of the name

Perez or Pharez = "breach"

Detailed definition

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.38.29;
son of: Judah (H3063) and Tamar (H8559);
brother of: Zerah (H2226I);
half-brother of: Er (H6147), Onan (H209) and Shelah (H7956);
father of: Hezron (H2696H) and Hamul (H2538)

In the biblical story

Perez

Son of Judah, ancestor of David and Jesus

Perez, son of Judah and Tamar, was an ancestor of King David and Jesus Christ.

In the Bible

Strong H6557 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • pharez10
  • perez3

First verses

  1. Genesis 38:29
    And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
  2. Genesis 46:12
    And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
  3. Numbers 26:20
    And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
  4. Numbers 26:21
    And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
  5. Ruth 4:12
    And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
  6. Ruth 4:18
    Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
  7. 1 Chronicles 2:4
    And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
  8. 1 Chronicles 2:5
    The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
  9. 1 Chronicles 4:1
    The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
  10. 1 Chronicles 9:4
    Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
  11. 1 Chronicles 27:3
    Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
  12. Nehemiah 11:4
    And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;
  13. Nehemiah 11:6
    All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
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