Perazah פְּרָזָה
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| פְּרָזָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | perazah |
| Strong's number | H6519 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | village |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Esther (1) |
Perazah (Hebrew פְּרָזָה, Strong's H6519) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “village”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
open region, hamlet, unwalled village, open country
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | unwalled (1), villages (1), walls (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | unwalled villages (1), without walls (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Perazah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Esther
- Esther 9:19Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 38:11And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a tranquil people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—
Zechariah
- Zechariah 2:4And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).