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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 - But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, “So this is how you have broken out!” And he was named Perez.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:20 - So David went to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, “As waters break out, the LORD has broken out against my enemies before me.” So that place was called Baal Perazim.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:8 - Then David was angry because the LORD’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:27 - Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the terraces[fn] and had filled in the gap in the wall of the city of David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:11 - Then David was angry because the LORD’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11 - So David and his men went up to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, “As waters break out, God has broken out against my enemies by my hand.” So that place was called Baal Perazim.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it—though up to that time I had not set the doors in the gates—

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 - Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:14 - They advance as through a gaping breach; amid the ruins they come rolling in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 - So he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:14 - our oxen will draw heavy loads.[fn] There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13 - this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:12 - Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:5 - You have not gone up to the breaches in the wall to repair it for the people of Israel so that it will stand firm in the battle on the day of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:30 - “I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:3 - You will each go straight out through breaches in the wall, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,[fn]”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:11 - “In that day I will restore David’s fallen shelter— I will repair its broken walls and restore its ruins— and will rebuild it as it used to be,
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