Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(Matt. 1:3; Luke 3:33). [PHAREZ.]
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Son of Judah and Tamar, his daughter-in-law, through whom David descended (Gen. 38:29; Gen. 46:12; Num. 26:20-21; Ruth 4:12,18; 1 Chron. 2:4-5; 1 Chron. 4:1; 1 Chron. 9:4; Matt. 1:3; Luke 3:33). The Hebrew is the same as PEREZ in 1 Chronicles 27:3 and Nehemiah 11:4, 6.
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
a breach