Quick Definition
Perez
Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
Perets, the name of two Israelites
Derivation: the same as H6556 (פֶּרֶץ);
KJV Usage: Perez, Pharez.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פֶּ֫רֶץ (pe.rets) — Perez. 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 (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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · פרץ · בַּעַל פְּרָצִים
Impact
breach, gap = large hole in a wall, hedge, or in the ground; ► made with the purpose of entering through those holes or of making the area within it vulnerable; ≈ to have a town with a breached wall is also regarded as a deep humiliation
1KI 11:27 · NEH 6:1 · JOB 16:14 · JOB 16:14 · JOB 30:14 · PSA 106:23 · PSA 144:14 · ISA 30:13 · ISA 58:12 · EZK 13:5 · EZK 22:30 · AMO 4:3 · AMO 9:11
Impact
breaking through = causative action by which humans break through a group of other humans or another barrier in order to go somewhere
Angry
outburst = action by which deities break emotionally through the barrier of patience and show their anger against someone else
Quantity
breach, gap > missing element = state in which a nation is incomplete in number ◄ in the same way as a town wall with a gap in it is incomplete
name · פַּרְצִי
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פֶּ֫רֶץ n.pr. m. son of Judah and Tamar
loc. in פֶּ׳ עֻזָּא near Jerus.
הַר פְּרָצִים
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