peruda Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
peruda in Easton's Bible Dictionary
one whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:55); called also Perida (Neh. 7:57).
peruda in Smith's Bible Dictionary
The same as PERIDA. #Ezr 2:55|
peruda in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
PERU'DA (kernel), a servant of Solomon whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel, Ezr 2:55; called Perida in Neh 7:57. PES'TILENCE expresses all sorts of distempers and calamities. Jer 21:6. The Hebrew word, which properly signifies the "plague," is applied to all epidemical and contagious diseases. Pestilences are still very common in Asia and Africa. It is supposed to have been by a species of pestilence that the first-born of Egypt were cut off. Ps 78:60, Jer 25:51. A pestilent fellow is one who is mischievous and disposed to corrupt and ruin a multitude. Acts 24:5. See Plague.