HebrewH6556Noun (Masculine)

פֶּ֫רֶץ

pe.rets

18Occurrences
H6556Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a break (literally or figuratively)

from H6555 (פָּרַץ)lemma פּרַץ missing vowel, corrected to פָּרַץ;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. breach, gap, bursting forth 1a) bursting forth, outburst 1b) breach 1c) broken wall 1d) outburst (fig. of God's wrath)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

פֶּ֫רֶץ appears 18 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
2
2 Samuel
2
Amos
2
Ezk
2
Isaiah
2
Job
2
Psalms
2
1 Kings
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 13:11BSB

Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.

2 Samuel 5:20BSB

So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.

Amos 9:11BSB

“In that day I will restorethe fallen tent of David.I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins,and rebuild it as in the days of old,

Genesis 38:29BSB

But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

Judges 21:15BSB

The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.