Word Study · Strong's H6557 · Hebrew
פֶּרֶץ
Perets
peh'-rets
“Perets, the name of two Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Perets, the name of two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Perez, Pharez.
- 15occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- פֶ֖רֶץ3
- וָפֶ֣רֶץ1
- לְפֶ֕רֶץ1
- פֶ֔רֶץ1
- פֶ֗רֶץ1
- פֶ֕רֶץ1
- פֶּ֔רֶץ1
- פֶּ֖רֶץ1
- פֶּ֣רֶץ1
- פֶּ֧רֶץ1
- פָּ֔רֶץ1
- פָֽרֶץ׃1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 3
- Perez13
- and Perez1
- of Perez1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)13
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 13
- HC/Npm · 1
- HR/Npm · 1
All 15, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Chronicles5 of 15 · 33%
- Genesis3 of 15 · 20%
- Ruth3 of 15 · 20%
- Numbers2 of 15 · 13%
- Nehemiah2 of 15 · 13%
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Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 38:29פָּֽרֶץ׃paretzproper noun (a name)But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.here: Perez
- Genesis 46:12וָפֶ֣רֶץvaferetzconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.here: and Perez
- Genesis 46:12פֶ֖רֶץferetzproper noun (a name)The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.here: Perez
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 26:20לְפֶ֕רֶץleferetzpreposition + proper noun (a name)These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.here: of Perez
- Numbers 26:21פֶ֔רֶץferetzproper noun (a name)And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul.here: Perez
Ruth3 occurrences
- Ruth 4:12פֶּ֔רֶץperetzproper noun (a name)And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”here: Perez
- Ruth 4:18פָּ֔רֶץparetzproper noun (a name)Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,here: Perez
- Ruth 4:18פֶּ֖רֶץperetzproper noun (a name)Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,here: Perez
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:4פֶּ֣רֶץperetzproper noun (a name)Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.here: Perez
- 1 Chronicles 2:5פֶ֖רֶץferetzproper noun (a name)The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.here: Perez
- 1 Chronicles 4:1פֶּ֧רֶץperetzproper noun (a name)The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.here: Perez
- 1 Chronicles 9:4פֶ֖רֶץferetzproper noun (a name)Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.here: Perez
- 1 Chronicles 27:3פֶ֗רֶץferetzproper noun (a name)He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.here: Perez
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 11:4פָֽרֶץ׃faretzproper noun (a name)while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;here: Perez
- Nehemiah 11:6פֶ֕רֶץferetzproper noun (a name)The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.here: Perez
Same headword in Strong's