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Lexicon :: Strong's H6556 - pereṣ

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פֶּרֶץ
Transliteration
pereṣ
Pronunciation
peh'-rets
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:29 - And when he drew back his hand, then immediately came forth his brother; and she said, Why has the barrier been cut through because of thee? and she called his name, Phares.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people [fn]relented for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:20 - And David came from [fn]Upper Breaches, and smote the Philistines there: and David said, The Lord has destroyed the hostile Philistines before me, as water is dispersed; therefore the name of that place was called [fn]Over Breaches.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:8 - And David was dispirited because the Lord made a breach upon Oza; and that place was called the breach of Oza until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:27 - And this was the occasion [fn]of his lifting up his hands against king Solomon: now king Solomon built the citadel, he completed the fortification of the city of David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:11 - And David was dispirited, because the Lord had made a breach on Oza: and he called that place the Breach of Oza until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11 - And he went up to Baal Pharasin, and David smote them there; and David said, God has broken through enemies by my hand like a breach of water: therefore he called the name of that place, the Breach of Pharasin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gesam the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no opening left therein; (but hitherto I had not set up the doors on the gates;)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 - They overthrew me with fall upon fall: they ran upon me in their might.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:14 - And he has pleaded against me as he will: I am overwhelmed with pains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 - (LXX 105:23) So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn him away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:14 - (LXX 143:14) Their oxen are fat: there is no falling down of a hedge, nor going out, nor cry in their [fn]folds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13 - therefore shall this sin be to you as a wall suddenly falling when a strong city has been taken, of which the fall is very near at hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:12 - And thy old waste desert places shall be built up, and thy foundations shall last through all generations; and thou shalt be called a repairer of breaches, and thou shalt cause thy paths between to be in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:5 - They have not continued steadfast, and they have gathered flocks against the house of Israel, they that say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:30 - And I sought from among them a man behaving uprightly, and standing before me perfectly in the time of wrath, so that I should not utterly destroy her: but I found him not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:3 - And ye shall be brought forth naked in the presence of each other; and ye shall be cast forth on the mountain Romman, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:11 - In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and will rebuild the ruins of it, and will set up the parts thereof that have been broken down, and will build it up as in the ancient days:
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