Man living at the time of Exile and Return
Peruda or Perida, the ancestor of a family of Solomon's servants who returned from the Babylonian exile.
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Also known as Perida
Peruda, also known as Perida, was the ancestor of a family of Solomon's servants who returned to Judah from the Babylonian exile. The family is mentioned in the lists of returnees in both Ezr.2.55 and Neh.7.57. Solomon's servants were likely descendants of the Canaanites who had been subjected to forced labor during Solomon's reign (1Ki.9.20-21). The return of Peruda's family, along with other families of Solomon's servants, shows that they had maintained their identity and were part of the Jewish community even during the exile. The variations in the name (Peruda in Ezra and Perida in Nehemiah) may be due to differences in spelling or transcription.
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PERU'DA (kernel), a servant of Solomon whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel, Ezr 2:55; called Perida in Neh 7:57. PES'TILENCE expresses all sorts of distempers and calamities. Jer 21:6. The Hebrew word, which properly signifies the "plague," is applied to all epidemical and contagious diseases. Pestilences are still very common in Asia and Africa. It is supposed to have been by a species of pestilence that the first-born of Egypt were cut off. Ps 78:60, Jer 25:51. A pestilent fellow is one who is mischievous and disposed to corrupt and ruin a multitude. Acts 24:5. See Plague.
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2 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H6514
The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Hassophereth, the descendants of Peruda,
The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,
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