Pᵉrâzîy — H6521

Definition

masculine noun

a rustic

1. villager, rural dweller, hamlet-dweller
2. (TWOT) open region

Usually translated as

village

Origin

or pᵉrôwzîy; from H6519

• Derived from Pᵉrâzâh (H6519)

Greek equivalents

• diaspeírō (G1289)

Occurrences

Pᵉrâzîy occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (1), Esther (1)

• Deuteronomy 3:5 — All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled (הַפְּרָזִ֖י) towns a great many.
• 1 Samuel 6:18 — And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country (הַפְּרָזִ֑י) villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite.
• Esther 9:19 — Therefore the Jews of the villages (הַפְּרָזִ֗ים), that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.