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Lexicon :: Strong's H6556 - pereṣ

Aa
פֶּרֶץ
Transliteration
pereṣ
Pronunciation
peh'-rets
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1826a

Strong’s Definitions

פֶּרֶץ perets, peh'-rets; from H6555; a break (literally or figuratively):—breach, breaking forth (in), × forth, gap.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H6556 in the following manner: breach (14x), gap (2x), breaking (1x), breaking forth (1x), breaking in (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H6556 in the following manner: breach (14x), gap (2x), breaking (1x), breaking forth (1x), breaking in (1x).

  1. breach, gap, bursting forth

    1. bursting forth, outburst

    2. breach

    3. broken wall

    4. outburst (fig. of God's wrath)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פֶּרֶץ perets, peh'-rets; from H6555; a break (literally or figuratively):—breach, breaking forth (in), × forth, gap.
STRONGS H6556: Abbreviations
† I. פֶּ֫רֶץ noun masculineJob 30:14 bursting forth, breach; absolute פ׳ Judges 21:15 +, פָּ֑רֶץ Genesis 38:29 +; construct פֶּרֶץ 2 Samuel 5:20 +; plural פְּרָצִים Amos 4:3 +, פְּרָצוֹת Ezekiel 13:5, suffix פִּרְצֵיהֶן Amos 9:11 (פְּרָצֶיהָ We Now); —
1. bursting forth, out burst, of water 2 Samuel 5:20 = 1 Chronicles 14:11; from womb Genesis 38:29 (J).
2. breach in wall Amos 4:3; 1 Kings 11:27; Nehemiah 6:1; Psalm 144:14; Job 30:14; so (with גָּדַר, i.e. repair) Amos 9:11; Isaiah 58:12; figurative of effect to avert calamity, בַּפְּרָצוֹת עָלָה Ezekiel 13:5 (|| גָּדַר), בַּפֶּרֶץ עָלָה Ezekiel 22:30 (|| id.), compare Psalm 106:23, by instruction and (especially) intercession.
3. broken wall, נֹפֵל פ׳ Isaiah 30:13.
4. figurative of outburst of י׳'s wrath, accusative of congnate meaning with verb with פָּרַצ 2 Samuel 6:8 = 1 Chronicles 13:11; Job 16:14 (עַל־פְּנֵי־פָ֑רֶץ פֶּרֶץ); בְּ עָשָׂה פ׳ Judges 21:15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:29; 38:29

Judges

21:15; 21:15

2 Samuel

5:20; 5:20; 6:8

1 Kings

11:27

1 Chronicles

13:11; 14:11

Nehemiah

6:1

Job

16:14; 30:14; 30:14

Psalms

106:23; 144:14

Isaiah

30:13; 58:12

Ezekiel

13:5; 13:5; 22:30

Amos

4:3; 4:3; 9:11; 9:11

H6556

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6556 matches the Hebrew פֶּרֶץ (pereṣ),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:29 - But it came H1961 about H1961 as he drew H7725 back H7725 his hand H3027 that behold H2009, his brother H251 came H3318 out H3318. Then she said H559, “What H4100 a breach H6556 you have made H6555 for yourself!” So he was named H7121 H8034 [fn]Perez H6557.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people H5971 were H5162 sorry H5162 for Benjamin H1144, because H3588 the LORD H3068 had created H6213 a gap H6556 in the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:20 - Then David H1732 came H935 to Baal-perazim H1188 and [fn]defeated H5221 them there H8033; and he said H559, “The LORD H3068 has broken H6555 through H6555 my enemies H340 before H6440 me like the breakthrough H6556 of waters H4325.” Therefore H5921 H3651 he named H7121 H8034 that place H4725 [fn]Baal-perazim H1188.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:8 - Then David H1732 became H2734 angry H2734 because H5921 H834 [fn]of the LORD’S H3068 outburst H6555 H6556 against Uzzah H5798; and that place H4725 has been called H7121 [fn]Perez-uzzah H6560 to this H2088 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:27 - Now this H2088 was the reason H1697 why H834 he [fn]rebelled H7311 H3027 against the king H4428: Solomon H8010 built H1129 the [fn]Millo H4407, and closed H5462 up H5462 the breach H6556 of the city H5892 of his father H1 David H1732.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:11 - Then David H1732 became H2734 angry H2734 because H3588 [fn]of the LORD’S H3068 outburst H6555 H6556 against Uzza H5798; and he called H7121 that place H4725 [fn]Perez-uzza H6560 as it is to this H2088 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11 - So they came H5927 up H5927 to Baal-perazim H1188, and David H1732 [fn]defeated H5221 them there H8033; and David H1732 said H559, “God H430 has broken H6555 through H6555 my enemies H340 by my hand H3027, like the breakthrough H6556 of waters H4325.” Therefore H5921 H3651 they named H7121 H8034 that place H4725 [fn]Baal-perazim H1188.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 -

Now when H834 it was reported H8085 to Sanballat H5571, Tobiah H2900, Geshem H1654 the Arab H6163, and to the rest H3499 of our enemies H340 that I had rebuilt H1129 the wall H2346, and that no H3808 breach H6556 was left H3498 in it, although H1571 at that time H6256 I had not installed H5975 the doors H1817 in the gates H8179,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 -

“He breaks H6555 through H6555 me with breach H6556 after H5921 H6440 breach H6556;

He runs H7323 at me like a warrior H1368.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:14 -

“As through a wide H7342 gap H6556 they come H857,

[fn]Amid H8478 the storm H7722 they roll H1556 on H1556.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 -

Therefore He said H559 that He would destroy H8045 them,

If Moses H4872, His chosen H972 one, had not stood H5975 in the gap H6556 before H6440 Him,

To turn H7725 away H7725 His wrath H2534 from destroying H7843 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:14 -

May our cattle H441 [fn]be bred H5445

Without H369 [fn]mishap H6556 and without H369 [fn]loss H3318,

May there be no H369 outcry H6682 in our streets H7339!

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Therefore H3651 this H2088 wrongdoing H5771 will be to you

Like a breach H6556 about to fall H5307,

A bulge H1158 in a high H7682 wall H2346,

Whose H834 collapse H7667 comes H935 suddenly H6597 in an instant H6621,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:12 -

“Those from among you will rebuild H1129 the ancient H5769 ruins H2723;

You will raise H6965 up H6965 the age-old H1755 foundations H4144;

And you will be called H7121 the repairer H1443 of the breach H6556,

The restorer H7725 of the [fn]streets H5410 in which to dwell H3427.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:5 - “You have not gone H5927 up H5927 into the breaches H6556, nor H3808 did you build H1443 up H1443 a stone H1447 wall H1447 around H5921 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 to stand H5975 in the battle H4421 on the day H3117 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:30 - “I searched H1245 for a man H376 among H4480 them who would build H1443 up H1443 a wall H1447 and stand H5975 in the gap H6556 before H6440 Me for the land H776, so H1115 that H1115 I would not H1115 destroy H7843 it; but I found H4672 [fn]no H3808 one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:3 -

“You will go H3318 out H3318 through holes H6556 in the walls,

One H802 in front H5048 of the other,

And you [fn]will be hurled H7993 to Harmon H2038,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:11 -

“On that day H3117 I will raise H6965 up H6965 the fallen H5307 [fn]shelter H5521 of David H1732,

And wall H1443 up H1443 its gaps H6556;

I will also raise H6965 up H6965 its ruins H2034

And rebuild H1129 it as in the days H3117 of old H5769;

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