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פֶּרֶץ

perets · Perez

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6557 · appears 15 times in the Bible

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What it means

perets (פֶּרֶץ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Perez”.

"breach": a son of Judah and Tamar, ancestor of King David.

How to say it

pe·rets

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

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Where it appears

  • Genesis 38:29

    But as he drew back his hand, look, his brother came out; and she said, “What a breach you have broken for yourself!” So he called his name Perez.

  • Genesis 46:12

    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • Numbers 26:20

    And the sons of Judah by their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

  • Numbers 26:21

    And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

  • Ruth 4:12

    And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring that YHWH will give you from this young woman.”

  • Ruth 4:18

    Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron;

  • 1 Chronicles 2:4

    And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah: five.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:5

    The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:1

    The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:4

    Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the sons of Perez the son of Judah.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:3

    He was of the sons of Perez, the head of all the commanders of the armies for the first month.

  • Nehemiah 11:4

    And in Jerusalem lived some of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin. Of the sons of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez;

  • Nehemiah 11:6

    All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem: four hundred sixty-eight capable men.

And 2 more times.