villages in the Bible

also known as: settlements

Hebrew: פְרָזוֹן —transliteration: perazon —meaning: a collective rural population, rustics, peasants or villagers

The English word “villages” appears 68 times in the King James Version.

• Judges 5:7 KJV (“inhabitants of the villages”) —compare: Judges 5:7 NKJV (“village life”) —compare Judges 5:7 NASB (“the peasantry”)
• Judges 5:11 KJV (“inhabitants of his villages”) —compare Judges 5:11 NASB (“peasantry”)

The word villages appears 64 times in the New American Standard Bible. Villages, small towns and hamlets were usually unwalled.

• Ezekiel 38:11 —Hebrew: פְרָזָה —transliteration: perazah
• Song of Solomon 7:11; 1 Chronicles 27:25 —Hebrew: כָּפָר —transliteration: kaphar
• Genesis 25:16 —Hebrew: טִירָה —transliteration: tirah
• Leviticus 25:31; Joshua 13:28; 15:32; 15:41; Psalm 10:8; Nehemiah 11:25; etc. —Hebrew: חָצֵר —transliteration: chatser
• Deuteronomy 2:23 —Hebrew: חֲצֵרִים —transliteration: chatserim
• Numbers 21:25; 21:32; 32:42 —Hebrew: בַּת —transliteration: bath
• Joshua 13:23 —Hebrew: עִיר —transliteration: iyr
• Matthew 9:35; 10:11; 14:15; 21:2; Mark 6:6; Acts 8:25; etc. —Greek: κώμη —transliteration: kómé —meaning: a village, country town

More information

• Unwalled town dwellings in open country (Deuteronomy 3:5; 1 Samuel 6:18)
• What are the CITIES of the Bible? Names, descriptions, locations and types