Pharez: meaning of the name

Pharez in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Pharez in the Bible

• Pharez, son of Judah

  15 verses · first mentioned in Genesis 38:29 · Tribe of Judah, Genealogy of Jesus

Pharez in Scripture

“Pharez” appears in 10 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Genesis 38:29

  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.

• Genesis 46:12

  And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

• Numbers 26:20

  And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

• Numbers 26:21

  And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

• Ruth 4:12

  And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.

• Ruth 4:18

  Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

• 1 Chronicles 2:4

  And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

• 1 Chronicles 2:5

  The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.