Hebrew word · H6570

פֶּ֫רֶשׁ

peresh

Peresh

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.16;

son of: Machir (H4353) and Maacah (H4601M);

brother of: Gilead (H1568H), Sheresh (H8329) and Hammolecheth (H4447)

§ Peresh = "dung"

son of Machir by his wife Maachah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:16 פֶּ֔רֶשׁ Peresh

    Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

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