פֶּרֶץ
Perets · peh'-rets
Perets, the name of two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H6556 (פֶּרֶץ);
Perets, the name of two Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Perez, Pharez.
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › to pursue the straight path
To speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֶּרֶץ 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of pharez7 · 47%
- pharez3 · 20%
- of perez3 · 20%
- and pharez1 · 7%
- him pharez1 · 7%
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.