Violent
פָּרִיץStrong’s H6530perits (pe-rits)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Perits is the Hebrew word usually translated “robbers”, “violent person” and “violent one of”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.”
Meaning
- Violent one, breakerrobber, murderer
How it's translated
- robbers 2
- violent person 1
- and a violent one of 1
- violent 1
- violent ones of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 2
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Daniel 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 17:4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
- Isaiah 35:9No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
- Jeremiah 7:11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
- Ezekiel 7:22My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
- Ezekiel 18:10If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
Hebrew dictionary
פָּרִיץ perits · violent
1) violent one, breaker 1a) robber, murderer
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “violent” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VI'OLENT, adjective
[Latin violentus.
- Forcible; moving or acting with physical strength; urged or driven with force; as a violent wind; a violent stream; a violent assault or blow; a violent conflict.
- Vehement; outrageous; as a violent attack on the minister.
- Produced or continued by force; not spontaneous or natural.
- Produced by violence; not natural; as a violent death.
All definitions and other forms of “violent”
- Acting by violence; assailant; not authorized.
- Fierce; vehement; as a violent philippic; a violent remonstrance.
- Severe; extreme; as violent pains.
- Extorted; not voluntary.
VI'OLENT, noun
An assailant. [Not in use.]
VI'OLENT, verb transitive
To urge with violence. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.