Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
One whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:55); called also Perida (Neh. 7:57).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
The same as Perida.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
PERU'DA (kernel), a servant of Solomon whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel, Ezr 2:55; called Perida in Neh 7:57.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
same as Perida
Schaff's Bible Dictionary
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.