Perizzites

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The Perizzites were an ancient people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as inhabitants of Canaan prior to the Israelite settlement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient people
biblical people
archaeologicalIdentification uncertain
associatedWithDeityType Canaanite deities
category Ancient peoples of the Near East
Peoples in the Hebrew Bible
culturalRegion Levant region
surface form: Levant
describedAs inhabitants of Canaan before the Israelites
ethnicity Canaanites
surface form: Canaanite people
ethnicOrigin uncertain
extraBiblicalAttestation none securely identified
fateAccordingToBible dispossessed or absorbed by Israelites
firstAttestedIn Genesis 13:7
Genesis 15:20
geographicalAssociation central hill country of Canaan (traditional scholarly view)
groupType non-Israelite population of Canaan
historicity debated among modern scholars
inhabitedRegion Canaan
Canaan
surface form: land of Canaan
languageOfName Hebrew
laterStatusInEzra non-Israelite peoples of the land involved in intermarriage
listedAmong nations of Canaan
peoples to be dispossessed by Israelites
mentionedAlongside Amorites
Canaanites
Girgashites
Hittite Empire
surface form: Hittites

Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites
Hivites
Jebusites
mentionedIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
nameForm Hebrew
surface form: Hebrew: פְּרִזִּי (Perizzi)
politicalOrganization not clearly described in biblical text
possibleEtymology from Hebrew root meaning "rural" or "village dwellers"
primaryEvidenceType literary (biblical) sources
religion Canaanite religion
roleInConquestNarrative targets of Israelite conquest
roleInText indigenous inhabitants of the land promised to Abraham’s descendants
socialDescription possibly non-walled-town or rural population
sourceText Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Exodus
Ezra–Nehemiah
surface form: Book of Ezra

Book of Genesis
Book of Joshua
Judges
surface form: Book of Judges
statusInDeuteronomy one of the nations to be driven out
statusInJoshua one of the peoples subdued by Israel
statusInJudges one of the nations remaining among Israel
timePeriod pre-Israelite settlement period

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canaan associatedPeople Perizzites
Jebusites neighboringPeoples Perizzites
Canaanites subgroupIncludes Perizzites