Help QuickNav Adv. Options
YLT

YLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H6556 - pereṣ

Choose a new font size and typeface
פֶּרֶץ
Transliteration
pereṣ
Pronunciation
peh'-rets
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1826a

Strong’s Definitions

פֶּרֶץ perets, peh'-rets; from H6555; a break (literally or figuratively):—breach, breaking forth (in), × forth, gap.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H6556 in the following manner: breach (14x), gap (2x), breaking (1x), breaking forth (1x), breaking in (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H6556 in the following manner: breach (14x), gap (2x), breaking (1x), breaking forth (1x), breaking in (1x).

  1. breach, gap, bursting forth

    1. bursting forth, outburst

    2. breach

    3. broken wall

    4. outburst (fig. of God's wrath)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פֶּרֶץ perets, peh'-rets; from H6555; a break (literally or figuratively):—breach, breaking forth (in), × forth, gap.
STRONGS H6556: Abbreviations
† I. פֶּ֫רֶץ noun masculineJob 30:14 bursting forth, breach; absolute פ׳ Judges 21:15 +, פָּ֑רֶץ Genesis 38:29 +; construct פֶּרֶץ 2 Samuel 5:20 +; plural פְּרָצִים Amos 4:3 +, פְּרָצוֹת Ezekiel 13:5, suffix פִּרְצֵיהֶן Amos 9:11 (פְּרָצֶיהָ We Now); —
1. bursting forth, out burst, of water 2 Samuel 5:20 = 1 Chronicles 14:11; from womb Genesis 38:29 (J).
2. breach in wall Amos 4:3; 1 Kings 11:27; Nehemiah 6:1; Psalm 144:14; Job 30:14; so (with גָּדַר, i.e. repair) Amos 9:11; Isaiah 58:12; figurative of effect to avert calamity, בַּפְּרָצוֹת עָלָה Ezekiel 13:5 (|| גָּדַר), בַּפֶּרֶץ עָלָה Ezekiel 22:30 (|| id.), compare Psalm 106:23, by instruction and (especially) intercession.
3. broken wall, נֹפֵל פ׳ Isaiah 30:13.
4. figurative of outburst of י׳'s wrath, accusative of congnate meaning with verb with פָּרַצ 2 Samuel 6:8 = 1 Chronicles 13:11; Job 16:14 (עַל־פְּנֵי־פָ֑רֶץ פֶּרֶץ); בְּ עָשָׂה פ׳ Judges 21:15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:29; 38:29

Judges

21:15; 21:15

2 Samuel

5:20; 5:20; 6:8

1 Kings

11:27

1 Chronicles

13:11; 14:11

Nehemiah

6:1

Job

16:14; 30:14; 30:14

Psalms

106:23; 144:14

Isaiah

30:13; 58:12

Ezekiel

13:5; 13:5; 22:30

Amos

4:3; 4:3; 9:11; 9:11

H6556

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6556 matches the Hebrew פֶּרֶץ (pereṣ),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:29 - And it cometh to pass as he draweth back his hand, that lo, his brother hath come out, and she saith, 'What! thou hast broken forth -- on thee is the breach;' and he calleth his name Pharez;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:20 - And David cometh in to Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and saith, 'Jehovah hath broken forth on mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters;' therefore he hath called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:8 - And it is displeasing to David, because that Jehovah hath broken forth a breach upon Uzzah, and one calleth that place Perez-Uzzah, unto this day;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:27 - and this is the thing for which he lifted up a hand against the king: Solomon built Millo -- he shut up the breach of the city of David his father,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:11 - And it is displeasing to David, because Jehovah hath made a breach upon Uzza, and one calleth that place 'Breach of Uzza' unto this day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11 - And they go up into Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and David saith, 'God hath broken up mine enemies by my hand, like the breaking up of waters;' therefore they have called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - And it cometh to pass, when it hath been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have builded the wall, and there hath not been left in it a breach, (also, till that time the doors I had not set up in the gates,)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 - He breaketh me -- breach upon breach, He runneth upon me as a mighty one.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:14 - As a wide breach they come, Under the desolation have rolled themselves.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 - And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:14 - Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, And there is no outgoing, And there is no crying in our broad places.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13 - Therefore is this iniquity to you as a breach falling, Swelled out in a wall set on high, Whose destruction suddenly, at an instant cometh.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:12 - And they have built out of thee the wastes of old, The foundations of many generations thou raisest up, And one calleth thee, 'Repairer of the breach, Restorer of paths to rest in.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:5 - Ye have not gone up into breaches, Nor do ye make a fence for the house of Israel, To stand in battle in a day of Jehovah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:30 - And I seek of them a man making a fence, And standing in the breach before Me, In behalf of the land -- not to destroy it, And I have not found.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:3 - And by breaches ye go forth, A woman at that over-against her, And ye have cast down the high place, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:11 - In that day I raise the tabernacle of David, that is fallen, And I have repaired their breaches, And its ruins I do raise up, And I have built it up as in days of old.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
YLT
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
YLT
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan