STRONGS NUMBER H6557


Word Summary
Perets: son of Judah and Tamar
Original Word: פֶרֶץ
Transliteration: Perets
Phonetic Spelling: (peh'-rets)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: son of Judah and Tamar
Meaning: Perez -- son of Judah and Tamar
Strong's Concordance
Perez, Pharez

The same as perets; Perets, the name of two Israelites -- Perez, Pharez.

see HEBREW perets

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6557. Perets

II. פֶ֫רֶץproper name

1. person, masculine son of Judah and Tamar, φαρες; — ׳פGenesis 46:12 +, מָּ֑רֶץ38:29 3t.; — 38:29; 46:12 (twice in verse); Numbers 26:20-21, Ruth 4:12, 18 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 2:4-5, 4:1; 9:4; 27:9; Nehemiah 11:4, 6

2. location in

a. ׳פ עֻזָּה‎ near Jerusalem 2 Samuel 6:8 2 Chronicles 13:11.

b. מְּרָצִים הַרIsaiah 28:21, perhaps = פ ׳בַּעַל‎ q. v. p. Isaiah 12:8. — compare מָּ֑רֶץ רִמֹּן‎. p.942.