Φάρες
Phares
Perez
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Φάρες (Phares) — A Biblical Name Entry Φάρες, transliterated as "Phares" in English, is a Greek rendering of a Hebrew proper name appearing 15 times throughout the Bible. As a name rather than a common word with semantic range, it functions as a direct identifier for a specific biblical figure rather than conveying meaning through definition in the traditional lexical sense. The consistent transliteration across all 15 occurrences suggests this name maintained stable identity across Greek biblical translations and documents. Given its frequency of appearance, the figure bearing this name held sufficient importance to warrant repeated mention in scriptural narratives, though the lexicon data provided does not specify which narrative episodes or contexts feature this individual. To understand the full significance of this name—its origins, the biography of the person it identifies, and why that person mattered to biblical tradition—would require consulting the biblical passages themselves rather than relying on the lexicon entry alone. The lexicon confirms the name exists as a stable, recurring element in biblical Greek texts, but the entry's brevity reflects its nature as a proper noun identifier rather than a word requiring semantic analysis.
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Occurrences in Scripture
15 total occurrences across the text
Some of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. 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 Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;
Nehemiah 11:6All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.
Genesis 38:29As he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out, and she said, “Why have you made a breach for yourself?” Therefore his name was called Perez.
Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Numbers 26:20The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
Numbers 26:21The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
Ruth 4:12Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which Yahweh will give you by this young woman.”
Ruth 4:18Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
Ruth 4:18Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
1 Chronicles 2:4Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
1 Chronicles 2:5The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
1 Chronicles 4:1The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
1 Chronicles 9:4Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.
1 Chronicles 27:3He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.