Strong's Lexicon

H6486

H6486 — פְּקוּדָּה

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

Hebrewpquddahnoun femOccurrences: 32TWOT: 1802a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6486
Word:פְּקוּדָּה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine passive participle of H6485
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:32
Transliteration:pquddah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:pek-ood-daw'
Meaning:1. visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)
KJV Renderings:account, (that have the) charge, custody, that which...laid up, numbers, office(-r), ordering, oversight, + prison, reckoning, visitation.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6735

פְּקֻדָּה32 noun feminine oversight, mustering, visitation, store; — absolute ׳ פ Hos 9:7; 1Chr 23:11 construct פְּקֻדַּת Num 3:32 +; suffix פְּקֻדָּתוֺ Num 109:8, etc.; plural פְּקֻדּ(וֺ)ת Jer 52:11 +; —

1. visitation:
a. = punishment Hos 9:7; Isa 10:3; Mic 7:4; Ezek 9:1; Num 16:29 ( P ), especially in עֵת(שְׁנַתׅ פְּקֻדָּתָם Jer 8:12; Jer 10:15 + 6 t. Jeremiah (compare עֵת with פָּקַד Jer 6:15; Jer 49:8; Jer 50:31), ׳ בֵּית הַפּ = prison Jer 52:11.
b. gracious visitation, providence Job 10:12.
2.
a. oversight, charge Num 4:16 ( P ), also Num 3:36 ( P ; redund.), 1Chr 26:30 = office 2Chr 23:18 .
b. overseer (abstract for concrete), 2Kgs 11:8; Ezek 44:11 (with אֶל of thing), Num 3:32 ( P ); collective = magistracy Isa 60:17 (LagBN 151), compare 2Chr 24:11.
c. class of officers 1Chr 23:11; 1Chr 24:3; 1Chr 24:19.
d. charge = thing entrusted Num 4:16 ( P ).
3. mustering 2Chr 17:14 ; 2Chr 26:11.
4. store, things laid up, Isa 15:7; Ps 109:8 (perhaps; Hup WeSkizzen vi. 184 and others office ).


Other Resources

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

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