Bible Dictionary · P
Perez
=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).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- 1 Chronicles 27:3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
- Nehemiah 11:4 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;
- Nehemiah 11:6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
