Perez
And at Jerusalem dwelt [certain] of the children of Judah,
and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah;
Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of
Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the
children of Perez;...
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All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem [were] four
hundred threescore and eight valiant men....
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Of the children of Perez [was] the chief of all the captains
of the host for the first month....
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pe'-rez, fa'-rez (perets, "breach"): One of the twins born to
Judah by Tamar, Zerah's brother (Gen 38:29,30). In the King
James Version Mt 1:3 and Lk 3:33, he is called "Phares," the
name in 1 Esdras 5:5. He is "Pharez" in the King James Version
Gen 46:12; Nu 26:20,21; Ruth 4:12,18; 1 Ch 2:4,5; 4:1; 9:4. In
the King James Version and the Revis...
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(breach). The "children of Perez," or Pharez, the son of
Judah, appear to have been a family of importance for many
centuries. 1Ch 27:3; Ne 11:4,6...
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=Pharez, (q.v.), breach, the son of Judah (Neh. 11:4). "The
chief of all the captains of the host for the first
month" in
the reign of David was taken from his family (1 Chr.
27:3). Four
hundred and sixty-eight of his "sons" came back from
captivity
with Zerubbabel, who himself was one of them (1 Chr.
9:4; Neh.
11:6)....
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(See PHAREZ.) An important family of Judah, of whom one was
"chief of all the captains of the host for the first month" (1
Chronicles 27:3); 468 returned from Babylon; some settled in
Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:4-6)....
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