Perets פֶּ֫רֶץ

Perets (Hebrew פֶּ֫רֶץ, Strong's H6557) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Perez”. It occurs 15 times.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Perets, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 38:29
  And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
• Genesis 46:12
  And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.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.

Numbers

• Numbers 26:20
  And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.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.
• Numbers 26:21
  And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul.

Ruth

• Ruth 4:12
  And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.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.”
• Ruth 4:18
  Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 2:4
  And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
• 1 Chronicles 2:5
  The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
• 1 Chronicles 4:1
  The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.The descendants 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 children of Pharez the son of Judah.Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
• 1 Chronicles 27:3
  Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 11:4
  And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;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;
• Nehemiah 11:6
  All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).