Perizzites

Perizzites - villagers; dwellers in the open country, the Canaanitish nation inhabiting the fertile regions south and south-west of Carmel. "They were the graziers, farmers, and peasants of the time." They were to be driven out of the land by the descendants of Abraham (Gen. 15:20; Ex. 3:8, 17; 23:23; 33:2; 34:11). They are afterwards named among the conquered tribes (Josh. 24:11). Still lingering in the land, however, they were reduced to servitude by Solomon (1 Kings 9:20).

Previous topic: Perida

Next topic: Persecution

Return to Bible Dictionary Main Index

Additional essential Bible study tools:

Bible software

Young's Analytical
Concordance to the Bible

The New Strong's
Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible

inWORD Bible software

Where to Find it in the Bible