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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 Box Gen 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:29 - And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach H6556 be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach H6556 in the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:20 - And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach H6556 of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:8 - And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach H6556 upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:27 - And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches H6556 of the city of David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:11 - And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach H6556 upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11 - So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth H6556 of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach H6556 left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 - He breaketh me with breach H6556 upon breach, H6556 he runneth upon me like a giant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:14 - They came upon me as a wide breaking H6556 in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 - Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, H6556 to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:14 - That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, H6556 nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13 - Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach H6556 ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:12 - And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, H6556 The restorer of paths to dwell in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:5 - Ye have not gone up into the gaps, H6556 neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:30 - And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap H6556 before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:3 - And ye shall go out at the breaches, H6556 every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:11 - In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches H6556 thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
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