PERIDA

pe-ri'-da (peridha' "recluse"): A family of "Solomon's servants" (Nehemiah 7:57). In Ezra 2:55, a difference in the Hebrew spelling gives "Peruda" for the same person, who is also the "Pharida" of 1 Esdras 5:33.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.