BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6514
pe.ru.da — Peruda
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.55; also called Perida at Neh.7.57; § Peruda or Perida = "grain" or "kernel" an ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →One whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:55); called also Perida (Neh. 7:57).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
