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Perizzites
the name means a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes Strong's Lexicon
The Perizzites, a Canaanite people group that inhabited the land of Canaan before the Israelite conquest.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
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).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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