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Lexicon :: Strong's H6557 - pereṣ

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פֶּרֶץ
Transliteration
pereṣ
Pronunciation
peh'-rets
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as פֶּרֶץ (H6556)
Strong’s Definitions

פֶּרֶץ Perets, peh'-rets; the same as H6556; Perets, the name of two Israelites:—Perez, Pharez.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H6557 in the following manner: Pharez (12x), Perez (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H6557 in the following manner: Pharez (12x), Perez (3x).

  1. Perez or Pharez = "breach"

    1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פֶּרֶץ Perets, peh'-rets; the same as H6556; Perets, the name of two Israelites:—Perez, Pharez.
STRONGS H6557: Abbreviations
† II. פֶ֫רֶץ proper name
1. masculine son of Judah and Tamar, φαρες; — פ׳ Genesis 46:12 +, מָּ֑רֶץ Genesis 38:29 3 times; — Genesis 38:29; Genesis 46:12 (twice in verse); Numbers 26:20, Numbers 26:21; Ruth 4:12, Ruth 4:18 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 2:4, 1 Chronicles 2:5; 1 Chronicles 4:1; 1 Chronicles 9:4; 1 Chronicles 27:3; Nehemiah 11:4, Nehemiah 11:6
2. location in
a. עֻזָּה פ׳ near Jerusalem [H6560 2 Samuel 6:8 = 1 Chronicles 13:11]
b. פְּרָצִים הַר [H6559 Isaiah 28:21], perhaps = בַּעַל פ׳ which see H1188. — compare H7428 פָּ֑רֶץ רִמֹּן.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:29; 38:29; 46:12; 46:12

Numbers

26:20; 26:21

Ruth

4:12; 4:18

1 Chronicles

2:4; 2:5; 4:1; 9:4; 27:3

Nehemiah

11:4; 11:6

H6557

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6557 matches the Hebrew פֶּרֶץ (pereṣ),
which occurs 15 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:12 - And sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah, (and Er and Onan die in the land of Canaan.) And sons of Pharez are Hezron and Hamul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:20 - And sons of Judah, by their families, are: of Shelah the family of the Shelanite; of Pharez the family of the Pharzite; of Zerah the family of the Zarhite;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:21 - and sons of Pharez are: of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Hamul the family of the Hamulite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12 - and let thy house be as the house of Pharez (whom Tamar bare to Judah), of the seed which Jehovah doth give to thee of this young woman.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:18 - And these are genealogies of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:4 - And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah are five.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:5 - Sons of Pharez: Hezron, and Hamul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:1 - Sons of Judah: Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:4 - Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, of the sons of Pharez, son of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:3 - of the sons of Perez is the head of all princes of the hosts for the first month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:4 - And in Jerusalem have dwelt of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin. Of the sons of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalaleel, of the sons of Perez;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:6 - all the sons of Perez who are dwelling in Jerusalem are four hundred sixty and eight, men of valour.
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