King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H6557 - Pharez

Strong's No.:	H6557

Hebrew:	פֶּרֶץ

Transliteration:	Perets

Phonetic:	peh'-rets

Word Origin:	The same as H6556

Bible Usage:	{Perez} Pharez.

Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine

Strongs Definition:	{Perets} the name of two Israelites

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	Perez or Pharez = "breach" 1. twin son with Zarah of Judah by Tamar and ancestor of two families of Judah, the Hezronites and Hamulites; from the Hezronites came the royal line of David and Christ

Bible References: Pharez	Gen 38:29 Gen 46:12 Gen 46:12 Num 26:20 Num 26:21 Ruth 4:12 Ruth 4:18 Ruth 4:18 1 Chr 2:4 1 Chr 2:5 1 Chr 4:1 1 Chr 9:4

Translation Occurrences:	Perez ( 3 ) Pharez ( 12 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.