GREEK · G9837
φαρές
phares — peres
"peres", a half
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Peres
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4353
מָכִיר
ma.khir — Machir
A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.50.23; son of: Manasseh (H4519) and Aramitess (H0761); brother of: Asriel (H0844H); married to Maacah (H4601M); father of: Gilead (H1568H), daughter_of_Machir (H4353I), Peresh (H6570), Sheresh (H8329) and Hammolecheth (H4447); also called in NIV: Makir Also named: ma.khi.ri (מָכִירִי "Machirite" H4354) § Machir = "sold" 1) eldest son of Manasseh by an Aramite or Syrian concubine and progenitor of a large family 2) son of Ammiel, a powerful chief of one of the Transjordanic tribes who rendered essential services to Saul and to David
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Φάρες
Phares — Perez
Φαρές, ὁ indecl. (Heb. פֶּרֶץ, Gen.38:29), Peres: Mat.1:3, Luk.3:33.† (AS)
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מָכִירִי
ma.khi.ri — Machirite
Someone descended from Machir who was a man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.50.23; son of: Manasseh (H4519) and Aramitess (H0761); brother of: Asriel (H0844H); married to Maacah (H4601M); father of: Gilead (H1568H), daughter_of_Machir (H4353I), Peresh (H6570), Sheresh (H8329) and Hammolecheth (H4447); also called in NIV: Makir Group of ma.khir (מָכִיר "Machir" H4353) § Machirites = "a salesman" the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead
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הַמֹּלֶכֶת
mo.le.khet — Hammolecheth
A woman of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.18; daughter of: Machir (H4353); sister of: Gilead (H1568H), daughter_of_Machir (H4353I), Peresh (H6570) and Sheresh (H8329); mother of: Ishhod (H0379), Abiezer (H0044H) and Mahlah (H4244H) § Hammoleketh = "the queen" daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead
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פֶּ֫רֶשׁ
pe.resh — Peresh
A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.16; son of: Machir (H4353) and Maacah (H4601M); brother of: Gilead (H1568H), Sheresh (H8329) and Hammolecheth (H4447) § Peresh = "dung" son of Machir by his wife Maachah
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שָׁ֑רֶשׁ
she.resh — Sheresh
A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.16; son of: Machir (H4353) and Maacah (H4601M); brother of: Gilead (H1568H), Peresh (H6570) and Hammolecheth (H4447); father of: Ulam (H0198) and Rakem (H7552J) § Sheresh = "root" son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh
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Divided, one of the mysterious words “written over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall” of king Belshazzar’s palace (Dan. 5:28). (See MENE.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.