BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1188
ba.al pe.ra.tsim — Baal-perazim
§ Baal-perazim = "lord of the breaks" the site of a victory of David over the Philistines, and of a great destruction of their images; also called 'Mount Perazim'
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6559
pe.ra.tsim — (Mount) Perazim
§ Perazim = "breaches" a mountain in Palestine possibly the same as 'Baal-perazim' which was the scene of a victory of David over the Philistines located in the valley of Rephaim, south of Jerusalem, on the road to Bethlehem
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Baal having rents, bursts, or destructions, the scene of a victory gained by David over the Philistines (2 Sam. 5:20; 1 Chr. 14:11). Called Mount Perazim (Isa. 28:21). It was near the valley of Rephaim, west of Jerusalem. Identified with the modern Jebel Aly.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
