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 · H2538
cha.mul — Hamul
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.12; son of: Perez (H6557); brother of: Hezron (H2696H) Also named: cha.mu.li (חָמוּלִי "Hamulite" H2539) § Hamul = "spared" the younger son of Pharez, Judah's son by Tamar
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6557
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
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2697
chets.ro.ni — Hezronite
Someone descended from Hezron who was a man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.12; son of: Perez (H6557); brother of: Hamul (H2538); married to daughter_of_Machir (H4353I) and Abiah (H0029J); father of: Ram (H7410), Jerahmeel (H3396), Caleb (H3612H), Segub (H7687H) and Ashhur (H0806) Group of chets.ron (חֶצְרוֹן "Hezron" H2696H) § Hezronites , of Hezron "enclosed" or "division of song" a descendant of Hezron
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2539
cha.mu.li — Hamulite
Someone descended from Hamul who was a man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.12; son of: Perez (H6557); brother of: Hezron (H2696H) Group of cha.mul (חָמוּל "Hamul" H2538) § Hamulites = "spared" descendants of Hamul, grandson of Judah by Tamar
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6558
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
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Spared, one of the sons of Pharez, son of Judah (1 Chr. 2:5). His descendants are called Hamulites (Num. 26:21).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
