Word: UXT

Pronounce: peh'-rets

Strong: H6557

Orig: the same as 6556; Perets, the name of two Israelites:--Perez, Pharez. H6556

Use: Proper Name Masculine

Grk Strong: G5329

Perez or Pharez = "breach"

1) 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