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HebrewH6557Proper Noun (Masculine)

פֶּ֫רֶץ

pe.rets

13Occurrences
H6557Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Perets, the name of two Israelites

the same as H6556 (פֶּרֶץ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Judah (H3063) and Tamar (H8559); brother of: Zerah (H2226I); half-brother of: Er (H6147), Onan (H0209) and Shelah (H7956); father of: Hezron (H2696H) and Hamul (H2538) § Perez or Pharez = "breach" twin son with Zarah of Judah by Tamar and ancestor of two families of Judah, the Hezronites and Hamulites; from the Hezronites came the royal line of David and Christ

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

פֶּ֫רֶץ appears 13 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
5
Genesis
2
Nehemiah
2
Numbers
2
Ruth
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:4BSB

Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

1 Chronicles 27:3BSB

He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.

1 Chronicles 9:4BSB

Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.

Genesis 46:12BSB

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

Nehemiah 11:6BSB

The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.

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