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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 then it happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out. So she said, “What a breach H6556 you have made for yourself!” So he was named [fn]Perez.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people were sorry for Benjamin because Yahweh 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 - So David came to Baal-perazim, and there David struck them down; and he said, “Yahweh has broken through my enemies before me, like the breakthrough H6556 of waters.” Therefore he named that place [fn]Baal-perazim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:8 - And David became angry because [fn]of Yahweh’s breaking H6556 out H6556 against Uzzah; and that place is called [fn]Perez-uzzah to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:27 - Now this was the reason why he [fn]raised his hand against the king: Solomon built the [fn]Millo, and closed up the breach H6556 of the city of his father David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:11 - And David became angry because [fn]of Yahweh’s breaking H6556 out H6556 against Uzza; and that place is called [fn]Perez-uzza to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11 - So they came up to [fn]Baal-perazim, and there David struck them down; and David said, “God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like the breakthrough H6556 of waters.” Therefore they named that place [fn]Baal-perazim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 -

Now it happened when it was heard by Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, and that no breach H6556 remained in it, although at that time I had not made the doors to stand in the gates,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 -

“He breaks through me with breach H6556 after breach H6556;

He runs at me like a warrior.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:14 -

“As through a wide breach H6556 they come,

[fn]Amid the storm they roll on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 -

Therefore He said that He would destroy them,

Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach H6556 before Him,

To turn away His wrath from [fn]eradicating them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:14 -

That our cattle would [fn]bear

Without [fn]mishap H6556 and without [fn]loss,

And without outcry in our streets!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13 -

Therefore this iniquity will be to you

Like a breach H6556 about to fall,

A bulge in a high wall,

Whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:12 -

“Those from among you will rebuild the ancient waste places;

You will raise up the foundations of past generation upon generation;

And you will be called the repairer of the breach H6556,

The restorer of the paths for one to inhabit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:5 - “You have not gone up into the breaches H6556, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:30 - “And I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the breach H6556 before Me for the land, so that I would not bring it to ruin; but I found [fn]no one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:3 -

“And you will go out through breaches H6556 in the walls,

Each one straight before her,

And you [fn]will be cast to Harmon,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:11 -

“In that day I will raise up the fallen [fn]booth of David

And wall up its breaches H6556;

I will also raise up its ruins

And rebuild it as in the ancient days,

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