perez Summary and Overview

=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).

(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|

PE'REZ (a rent). See Pharez.

(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).