פֶּ֫רֶז

# Perez (H6518): A Rare Hebrew Term for Warrior The Hebrew word *perez* appears only once in the biblical text, making it one of the rarest military terms in Scripture. According to the lexical data, it denotes a "warrior"—a person engaged in combat or warfare. Its single occurrence limits our ability to determine semantic nuances or contextual variations, since we cannot compare it across multiple passages to see how its meaning might shift or expand depending on usage. The extreme scarcity of this term in biblical literature is itself significant. While Hebrew contains numerous other words for soldier, warrior, and fighter (such as *gibor*, *ish milchamah*, and *kashan*), *perez* was apparently not a common way to refer to combatants. This suggests either that it was a specialized or regional term, or that it fell out of favor during the periods when most biblical texts were composed or transmitted. Without additional occurrences, we cannot determine whether it had a more specific military meaning—perhaps referring to a particular type of warrior or a person of exceptional prowess—or whether it simply functioned as a general synonym for the more frequent alternatives.

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