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Perazim

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(breach). A figurative mountain (Isa. 28:21²¹For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. (Isaiah 28:21)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

A place probably connected with BAAL-PERAZIM, where David smote the Philistines (Isa. 28:21²¹For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. (Isaiah 28:21); compare 2 Sam. 5:20²⁰And David came to Baal-perazim, 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 Baal-perazim. (2 Samuel 5:20)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

6559 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

pratsiym

Phonic:

per-aw-tseem’

Meaning:

plural of 6556; breaks; Peratsim, a mountain in Palestine

KJV Usage:

Perazim

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

breaches