How to Pronounce Perez-uzzah

PEH-rez-OO-zah

Perez-uzzah is pronounced PEH-rez-OO-zah (ˌpiːrɪzˈʌzə): four syllables, stress on the first and third. Also heard: PEE-riz-UH-zuh.

Where was Perez-uzzah?

The breach of Uzzah, a place where God “burst forth upon Uzzah, so that he died,” when he rashly “took hold” of the ark (2 Sam. 6:6-8). It was not far from Kirjath-jearim (q.v.).

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

Also pronounced

PEE-riz-UH-zuh

Found in Scripture

Other names from 2 Samuel

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