פֶּרֶץperets

Meanings

Same root

• פָּרַץpârats · H6555to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
• בַּעַל פְּרָצִיםBaʻal Pᵉrâtsîym · H1188Baal-Peratsim, a place in Palestine
• פֶּרֶץPerets · H6557Perets, the name of two Israelites
• פְּרָצִיםpᵉrâtsîym · H6559Peratsim, a mountain in Palestine
• פֶּרֶץ עֻזָּאPerets ʻUzzâʼ · H6560Perets-Uzza, a place in Palestine
• רִמֹּן פֶּרֶץRimmôn Perets · H7428Rimmon-Perets, a place in the Desert

Where it appears

Appears 19 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 38:29 But then he pulled back his hand, and out came his brother! “What!” the midwife exclaimed. “How did you break out first?” So he was named Perez.
• Judges 21:15 The people felt sorry for Benjamin because the Lord had made this gap among the tribes of Israel.
• 2 Samuel 5:20 So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated the Philistines there. “The Lord did it!” David exclaimed. “He burst through my enemies like a raging flood!” So he named that place Baal-perazim (which means “the Lord who bursts through”).
• 2 Samuel 6:8 David was angry because the Lord’s anger had burst out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means “to burst out against Uzzah”), as it is still called today.
• 1 Kings 11:27 This is the story behind his rebellion. Solomon was rebuilding the supporting terraces and repairing the walls of the city of his father, David.
• 1 Chronicles 13:11 David was angry because the Lord’s anger had burst out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means “to burst out against Uzzah”), as it is still called today.