pe'-rez, fa'-rez (perets, "breach"): One of the twins born to Judah by Tamar, Zerah's brother (Ge 38:29,30). In the King James VersionMt 1:3andLu 3:33, he is called "Phares," the name in 1 Esdras 5:5. He is "Pharez" in the King James VersionGe 46:12;Nu 26:20,21;Ru 4:12,18;1Ch 2:4,5;4:1;9:4. In the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American)1Ch 27:3;Neh 11:4,6, he is "Perez." He is important through the fact that by way of Ru and Boaz and so through Jesse and David his genealogy comes upward to the Saviour. The patronymic "Pharzite" occurs inNu 26:20the King James Version.
Perezites (Nu 16:20, the King James Version "Pharzites"). The patronymic of the name Perez.
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