פְּרִזִּי
Pᵉrizzîy · per-iz-zee'
a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
Lexicon
Derivation: for H6521 (פְּרָזִי); inhabitant of the open country;
a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Perizzite.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › to cut, to sustain › the hand that works
To speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to cut, to sustain of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּרִזִּי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the perizzites13 · 57%
- and the perizzite4 · 17%
- the perizzites2 · 9%
- the perizzite1 · 4%
- of the perizzites1 · 4%
- and perizzites1 · 4%
- perizzites1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.