Perez

Pee´riz; Heb., “a breach”

A son of Judah and Tamar; his twin brother was Zerah (Gen 38:29). From him descended the Perezite branch of the Judah tribe (Num 26:20; 1Chr 2:4-5). David was a Perezite and brought prestige to the group (Ruth 4:12; Ruth 4:18-19), and through this line Perez was an ancestor of Jesus (Matt 1:3).