Strong's Lexicon

H6343

H6343 — פַּחַד

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewpachadnoun mascOccurrences: 49TWOT: 1756a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6343
Word:פַּחַד
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H6342
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:49
Transliteration:pachad
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:pakh'-ad
Meaning:1. a (sudden) alarm 2. (properly) the object feared 3. (by implication) the feeling of alarm
KJV Renderings:dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.

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I. פַּ֫חַד49 noun masculine 1Sam 11:7 dread; — ׳ פ absolute Gen 31:42 +, construct 1Sam 11:7 +, suffix פַּחְדְּךָ Deut 2:25; Ps 119:120 , פַּחְדּוֺ Job 13:11; 1Chr 14:17, etc.; plural פְּחָדִים Job 15:21: —

1. dread, ׳ י ׳ פ, i.e. before ׳ י, often (not always) terrifying, unfitting for action, Isa 2:10; Isa 2:19; Isa 2:21; 1Sam 11:7; 2Chr 14:13; 2Chr 17:10, so אֱהִֹים ׳ פ 2Chr 20:29 , with suffix Job 13:11; Ps 119:120 trembleth for dread of thee; with genitive object Israel, Deut 2:25 (|| יִרְאָה ), Deut 11:25 (|| מוֺרָא), Ps 105:38; Esth 8:17; Esth 9:2, אוֺיֵב ׳ פ Ps 64:2, of individual 1Chr 14:17; Esth 9:3 with genitive object of thing Prov 1:33 absolute, in general, Exod 15:16 (song; || אֵימָ֫תָה), Job 4:14 (|| רְעָדָה), Jer 30:5 (|| קוֺל חֲרָדָה) +; as accusative of cognate meaning with verb with פָּחַד Ps 14:5 + (see פָּחַד ); c. genitive subject Prov 1:26; Prov 1:27 (both || אֵיד) Deut 28:67.
2. = object of dread Ps 31:12; Ps 36:2, אֵלַי ׳ פ Job 31:23 פַּחַד פָּחַדְתִּי Job 3:25 מִקּוֺל הַפַּחַד Isa 24:18 sound of the disaster, for ׳ מִפְּנֵי הַפּ of original Jer 48:44, but קוֺל פְּחָדִים Job 15:21 = a sound of terrors; ׳ פ פִּתְאֹם Job 22:10; Prov 3:25.
3. as designation of deity יִצְחָק ׳ פ Gen 31:42 (|| אֱהֵֹי אַבְרָהָם), so Gen 31:53 (|| id.; both E ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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