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Perizzites
Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.
One of the people groups that lived in Canaan before the Israelites’ conquest. The name “Perizzites” appears to have derived from the Hebrew terms פְּרָזִי‎ (peraziy, “resident of the open country”; see Deut 3:5) and פְּרָזוֹת‎ (perazoth, “open country”; see Ezek 38:11). Rather than designating an ethnicity, “Perizzite” could simply describe a person who lived in the open country and unfortified towns. On the other hand, they might have been a Hurrian subgroup.
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The Lexham Bible Dictionary
Perizzites
Perizzites (פְּרִזִּי‎, perizziy; Φερεζαῖοι, Pherezaioi). One of the people groups that lived in Canaan before the Israelites’ conquest. The name “Perizzites” appears to have derived from the Hebrew terms פְּרָזִי‎ (peraziy, “resident of the open country”; see Deut 3:5) and פְּרָזוֹת‎ (perazoth, “open country”;
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Perizzite
PERIZZITE [Heb pĕrizzı̂ (פְּרִזִּי)]. Group of pre-Israelite inhabitants of Canaan. The term is always used with the definite article as a collective name for Perizzites. The term Perizzite is found in 21 of the 27 lists of pre-Israelite nations. It occurs in ten-name lists (Gen 15:20), seven-name lists
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
Perizzite
Perizzite. One of several population segments occupying the land of Palestine prior and subsequent to the Israelite conquest (Gn 15:20; Ex 3:8, 17; 23:23; 33:2; 34:11; Dt 7:1; 20:17; Jos 3:10; 9:1; 11:3; 12:8; 24:11; 1 Kgs 9:20; 2 Chr 8:7; Ezr 9:1; Neh 9:8). The enumeration of these peoples throughout
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
Perizzite
Perizzite perʹə-zīt [Heb. perizzî; Gk. Pherezaios (except in Ezr. 9:1, LXX A Pherezi, B Pheresthei)]; AV Apoc. PHERESITE, PHEREZITE. One of the peoples occupying Canaan from patriarchal times (Gen. 13:7; 15:20; 34:30). Because of the sin of these various peoples (15:16) God commissioned Israel in
Tyndale Bible Dictionary
Perizzite
PERIZZITE One of several population segments occupying the land of Palestine prior to and subsequent to the Israelite conquest (Gn 15:20; Ex 3:8, 17; 23:23; 33:2; 34:11; Dt 7:1; 20:17; Jos 3:10; 9:1; 11:3; 12:8; 24:11; 1 Kgs 9:20; 2 Chr 8:7; Ezr 9:1; Neh 9:8). The enumeration of these peoples throughout
The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)
Perizzites
Perizzites (pair´i-zits), one of the older population groups of the land of Canaan, usually listed as one of the six or seven groups inhabiting the land (Exod. 3:8, 17; 23:23; 33:2; 34:11; Deut. 7:1; 20:17; Josh. 3:10; 9:1; 11:3; 12:8; 24:11; Judg. 3:5; 1 Kings 9:20; cf. Gen. 15:20). Occasionally the
The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia
Perizzites
PERIZZITES. One of the six “tribes” of the Canaanites who dwelt in the land as early as the time of Abraham (Gen 13:7; see also Gen 15:20; Ex 3:8; Deut 7:1; Josh 3:10; etc., for enumeration with other groups). Jacob feared reprisal from them after the slaughter of Shechem by his sons (Gen 34:30), reflecting
The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition
Perizzites
PERIZZITES. These are mentioned: (1) among the occupants of Canaan generally (Gn. 15:20; Ex. 3:8; Dt. 7:1; 20:17; Jos. 3:10; 9:1; Jdg. 3:5; 1 Ki. 9:20; 2 Ch. 8:7; Ezr. 9:1; Ne. 9:8); (2) with the Jebusites, etc., in the hills (Jos. 11:3); (3) with the Canaanites near Bethel (Gn. 13:7), near Shechem (Gn.
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Perizzites
Perizzites (Heb. pĕrizzɩ̂)A population group occupying Palestine from patriarchal times, encountered by the emerging nation of Israel. A plausible etymology links Perizzite to Heb. pĕrāzôn, “rural person.” In such case, the Perizzites would originally have been country folks as opposed to city dwellers
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary
Perizzites
Perizzites [pĕrˊə zīts] (Heb. perizzî “villagers”). One of the earliest groups of inhabitants of Canaan, apparently long-established in Abraham’s day (Gen. 13:7; 15:20; cf. 34:30). When the Israelites entered Canaan, the Perizzites were living in the hill country in parts of the territories that
Catholic Bible Dictionary
Perizzites
PERIZZITES One of the pre-Israelite tribes of Canaan (Gen 15:20; Exod 3:8; Deut 7:1; Josh 3:10). The Perizzites were not driven from the land (Judg 3:5), but King Solomon subjected them to forced labor in the time of the Israelite monarchy (1 Kgs 9:20–21).
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Perizzite the
Per´izzite, The, and Per´izzites (belonging to a village), one of the nations inhabiting the land of promise before and at the time of its conquest by Israel. (b.c. 1450.) They are continually mentioned in the formula so frequently occurring to express the promised land. Gen. 15:20; Ex. 3:8, 17; 23:23;
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