Perez

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The father of Hezron and the son of Judah; the grandson of Jacob.
  2. 2
    A surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic].
  3. 3
    A Sephardic Jewish surname from Hebrew.

Example

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"All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem. Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which the Lord will give you by this young woman.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hebrew פֶּרֶץ (pérets).

Etymology 2

From Spanish Pérez.

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