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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.
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; 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 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 BoxGen 46:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:12 - And the sons of Judas; Er, and Aunan, and Selom, and Phares, and Zara: and Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:20 - (LXX 26:16) And these were the sons of Juda, according to their families: to Selom belonged the family of the Selonites; to Phares, the family of the Pharesites; to Zara, the family of the Zaraites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:21 - (LXX 26:17) And the sons of Phares were, to Asron, the family of the Asronites; to Jamun, the family of the Jamunites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12 - And let thy house be as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore to Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:18 - And these are the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esrom:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:4 - And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Phares, and Zara: all the sons of Juda were five.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:5 - The sons of Phares, Esrom, and Jemuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:1 - And the sons of Juda; Phares, Esrom, and Charmi, and Or, Subal,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:4 - And Gnothi, and the son of Samiud, the son of Amri, the son of Ambraim, the son of Buni, son of the sons of Phares, the son of Juda.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:3 - Of the sons of Tharez one was chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:4 - And there dwelt in Jerusalem some of the children of Juda, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Juda; Athaia son of Azia, the son of Zacharia, the son of Samaria, the son of Saphatia, the son of Maleleel, and some of the sons of Phares;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:6 - All the sons of Phares who dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight men of might.
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