A name from Scripture
Perez
PAIR-ez
Meaning
Breach; Breaking through
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Genesis
What it points to
Perez represents breakthrough — God turns messy, complicated beginnings into the lineage of the Messiah.
Verses · King James Version
“And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.”
Genesis 38:29
“And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar.”
Matthew 1:3