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פֶּרֶץ H6556

H6556 is the Hebrew word פֶּרֶץ, transliterated perets and said peh'-rets. The King James Version most often renders it breach.

Word: פֶּרֶץTransliteration: peretsSaid: peh'-retsLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 18 verses

What it means

a break (literally or figuratively).

Where it comes from

from H6555 (פָּרַץ)lemma פּרַץ missing vowel, corrected to פָּרַץ.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 19 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

breach 9×breaches 3×like the breaking forth 1×no breach 1×breaking 1×no breaking in 1×you as a breach 1×gaps 1×gap 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: breach, breaking forth (in), [idiom] forth, gap.

Verses using פֶּרֶץ

All 18 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 38:29 · KJV

And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

Judges 21:15 · KJV

And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

2 Samuel 5:20 · KJV

And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.

2 Samuel 6:8 · KJV

And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.

1 Kings 11:27 · KJV

And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.

1 Chronicles 13:11 · KJV

And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.

1 Chronicles 14:11 · KJV

So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.

Nehemiah 6:1 · KJV

Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

Job 16:14 · KJV

He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

Job 30:14 · KJV

They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

Psalm 106:23 · KJV

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Psalm 144:14 · KJV

That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

Isaiah 30:13 · KJV

Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

Isaiah 58:12 · KJV

And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

Ezekiel 13:5 · KJV

Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.

Ezekiel 22:30 · KJV

And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

Amos 4:3 · KJV

And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.

Amos 9:11 · KJV

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

Common questions

What does Strong's H6556 mean?

H6556 is the Hebrew word פֶּרֶץ (perets), meaning a break (literally or figuratively).

How is H6556 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it breach (9 times), breaches (3 times), like the breaking forth (1 time), no breach (1 time), breaking (1 time), among others.

How many times does H6556 appear in the Bible?

פֶּרֶץ (perets) is tagged in 18 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6556 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6555 (פָּרַץ)lemma פּרַץ missing vowel, corrected to פָּרַץ.

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