Strong's Number 6557
The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
Perets {peh'-rets}
Word Origin:
the same as
6556
Part of Speech:
proper name masculine
Usage in the KJV:
Pharez 12, Perez 3
Total: 15
Definition:
Perez or Pharez = "breach"
twin son with Zarah of Judah by Tamar and ancestor of two families of Judah, the Hezronites and Hamulites; from the Hezronites came the royal line of David and Christ