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Breach

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6556

פֶּ֫רֶץ

pe.rets — breach

1) breach, gap, bursting forth 1a) bursting forth, outburst 1b) breach 1c) broken wall 1d) outburst (fig. of God's wrath)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6555

פָּרַץ

pa.rats — to break through

1) to break through or down or over, burst, breach 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to break or burst out (from womb or enclosure) 1a2) to break through or down, make a breach in 1a3) to break into 1a4) to break open 1a5) to break up, break in pieces 1a6) to break out (violently) upon 1a7) to break over (limits), increase 1a8) to use violence 1a9) to burst open 1a10) to spread, distribute 1b) (Niphal) to be broken through 1c) (Pual) to be broken down 1d) (Hithpael) to break away

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7667

שֶׁ֫בֶר

she.ver — breaking

1) breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering 1a) breaking, fracture, shattering, crushing 1b) crashing 1c) breaking (of a dream), interpretation 1d) quarries

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6557

פֶּ֫רֶץ

pe.rets — Perez

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.38.29; son of: Judah (H3063) and Tamar (H8559); brother of: Zerah (H2226I); half-brother of: Er (H6147), Onan (H0209) and Shelah (H7956); father of: Hezron (H2696H) and Hamul (H2538) § Perez or Pharez = "breach" 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

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6560

פֶּרֶץ עֻזָּא

pe.rets uz.za — Perez-uzza

§ Perez-uzza or Perezuzzah = "breach of Uzza" the place where Uzzah was slain by God for touching the Ark; located close to Jerusalem

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6558

פַּרְצִי

par.tsi — Perezite

Someone descended from Perez who was a man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.38.29; son of: Judah (H3063) and Tamar (H8559); brother of: Zerah (H2226I); half-brother of: Er (H6147), Onan (H0209) and Shelah (H7956); father of: Hezron (H2696H) and Hamul (H2538) Group of pe.rets (פֶּ֫רֶץ "Perez" H6557) § Pharzites, of Pharez "breach" the descendants of Pharez, the son of Judah by Tamar

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6559

פְּרָצִים

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

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Historical dictionary entry

An opening in a wall (1 Kings 11:27; 2 Kings 12:5); the fracture of a limb (Lev. 24:20), and hence the expression, “Heal, etc.” (Ps. 60:2). Judg. 5:17, a bay or harbour; R.V., “by his creeks.”

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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