Breach
פֶּ֫רֶץStrong’s H6556perets (pe-rets)
Appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Perets is the Hebrew word usually translated “breach”, “like a bursting out of” and “breaking out”. It appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Breach, gap, bursting forthbursting forth, outburst · breach · broken wall · outburst (fig. of God's wrath)
How it's translated
- a breach 7
- like a bursting out of 2
- a breaking out 2
- like a breach 2
- in the breach 2
- breach of 1
- in the breaches 1
- and breaches 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Job 2
- Psalms 2
- Isaiah 2
- Ezekiel 2
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 21:15And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 5:20And 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 6:8And 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 11:27And 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 13:11And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.
- 1 Chronicles 14:11So 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.
Hebrew dictionary
פֶּ֫רֶץ perets · breach
1) breach, gap, bursting forth 1a) bursting forth, outburst 1b) breach 1c) broken wall 1d) outburst (fig. of God's wrath)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “breach” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BREACH, noun
- The act of breaking; or state of being broken; a rupture; a break; a gap; the space between the severed parts of a solid body parted by violence; as a breach in a garment, or in a wall.
- The violation of a law; the violation or non-fulfillment of a contract; the non-performance of a moral duty; non-performance of duty being a breach of obligation, as well as a positive transgression or violation.
- An opening in a coast. [Not usual.]
- Separation between friends by means of enmity; difference; quarrel.
All definitions and other forms of “breach”
- Infraction; injury; invasion; as a breach upon kingly power.
- Bereavement; loss of a friend and its consequent affliction.
- A violation of the public peace, as by a riot, affray, or any tumult which is contrary to law, and destructive to the public tranquillity, is called a breach of the peace.
BREACH, verb transitive
To make a breach or opening.
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.