How to Pronounce Phares
FAIR-is
Phares is pronounced FAIR-is (ˈfɛərɪs): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Phares mean?
Phares means “division; rupture”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Phares?
Breach, the elder of the twin sons of Judah (Gen. 38:29). From him the royal line of David sprang (Ruth 4:18-22). “The chief of all the captains of the host” was of the children of Perez (1 Chr. 27:3; Matt. 1:3).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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