King James Bible Dictionary

and Per'izzites (belonging to a village), one of the nations inhabiting the land of promise before and at the time of its conquest by Isr'l. (B.C. 1450.) They are continually mentioned in the formula so frequently occurring to express the promised land. (Genesis 15:20; Exodus 3:8,17; 23:23; 33:2; 34:11) The notice in the book of Judges locates them in the southern part of the holy land. The signification of the name is not by any means clear. It possibly meant rustics, dwellers in open, unwalled villages, which are denoted by a similar word.

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 (Genesis 15:20; Exodus 3:8, 17; 23:23; 33:2; 34:11). They are afterwards named among the conquered tribes (Joshua 24:11). Still lingering in the land, however, they were reduced to servitude by Solomon (1 Kings 9:20).

dwelling in villages

One of the seven nations in the land of Canaan
Genesis 13:7

Territory of, given to Abraham
Genesis 15:20; Exodus 3:8; Exodus 23:23

Doomed to destruction
Deuteronomy 20:17

Not all destroyed; Israelites marry among
Judges 3:5-7; Ezra 9:1-2
Canaanites