H6519 פְּרָזָה (pᵉrâzâh) per-aw-zaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

village

Strong's Definition

an open country

Derivation: from the same as H6518 (פָּרָז);

KJV Usage: (unwalled) town (without walls), unwalled village.

TWOT Reference: 1812a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) open region, hamlet, unwalled village, open country

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1854

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

פְּרָזָה (pe.ra.zah) — village. open region, hamlet, unwalled village, open country

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

פְּרָזֹות (H6519) — פְּרָזָה

noun f · פָּרָז

Towns

unwalled towns, villages = population centers without fortifications ► and therefore hard to defend; ≈ possibly associated with living in security without fear of the enemy

EST 9:19 · EZK 38:11 · ZEC 2:8

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[פְּרָזָה] n.f. open region, hamlet base

Bible Occurrences (3)

9:19

38:11

2:4

Esther 9:19

This is why... the rural Jews, who live in the villages..., observe the fourteenth day... of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday... for sending gifts to one another.

Ezekiel 38:11

You will say, I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a quiet people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls [or] bars or gates—

Zechariah 2:4

and said to him, Run and tell... that... young man: Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.