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Lexicon :: Strong's H6297 - peḡer

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פֶּגֶר
Transliteration
peḡer
Pronunciation
peh'gher
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1732a

Strong’s Definitions

פֶּגֶר peger, peh'gher; from H6296; a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image:—carcase, corpse, dead body.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H6297 in the following manner: carcase (14x), dead body (6x), corpse (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H6297 in the following manner: carcase (14x), dead body (6x), corpse (2x).

  1. corpse, carcass, monument, stela

    1. corpse (of man)

    2. carcass (of animals)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פֶּגֶר peger, peh'gher; from H6296; a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image:—carcase, corpse, dead body.
STRONGS H6297: Abbreviations
† פֶּ֫גֶר noun masculineIsaiah 14:19 corpse, carcass; — absolute פ׳ Isaiah 14:19 +, פָּ֑גֶר Nahum 3:3; construct פֶּגֶר 1 Samuel 17:46; plural פְּגָרִים 2 Kings 19:35 +; construct פִּגְרֵי Jeremiah 33:5; suffix פִּגְרֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:30 +, etc.; —
1. of men, singular Isaiah 14:19; usually plural Isaiah 34:3; Isaiah 66:24; Jeremiah 31:40; Jeremiah 33:5; Jeremiah 41:9; Ezekiel 6:5; Ezekiel 43:7, 9; Leviticus 26:30; Numbers 14:29, 32, 33; 2 Chronicles 20:34, — 2 Chronicles 20:25 read probably בְּגָדִים, so Greek Version of the LXX (?), Vulgate Be Krochm Kau Kit; — מֵתִים פְּגָרִים 2 Kings 19:35 = Isaiah 37:36; singular collective 1 Samuel 17:46, רַב־הַפֶּגֶר Amos 8:3, כֹּבֶדפֿ׳ Nahum 3:3; figurative of idols גִּלּוּלֵיכֶם פִּגְרֵי Leviticus 26:30.
2. of animals Genesis 15:11.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:11

Leviticus

26:30; 26:30; 26:30

Numbers

14:29; 14:32; 14:33

1 Samuel

17:46; 17:46

2 Kings

19:35; 19:35

2 Chronicles

20:25; 20:34

Isaiah

14:19; 14:19; 14:19; 34:3; 37:36; 66:24

Jeremiah

31:40; 33:5; 33:5; 41:9

Ezekiel

6:5; 43:7; 43:9

Amos

8:3

Nahum

3:3; 3:3

H6297

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6297 matches the Hebrew פֶּגֶר (peḡer),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:30 - And I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols, and my soul will abhor you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29 - your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and of all your number, listed in the census from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:32 - But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:33 - And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years and shall suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:46 - This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 - And that night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:24 - When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked toward the horde, and behold, there[fn] were dead bodies lying on the ground; none had escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:25 - When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found among them, in great numbers, goods, clothing, and precious things, which they took for themselves until they could carry no more. They were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 - but you are cast out, away from your grave,
like a loathed branch,
clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword,
who go down to the stones of the pit,
like a dead body trampled underfoot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:3 - Their slain shall be cast out,
and the stench of their corpses shall rise;
the mountains shall flow with their blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36 - And the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:24 - “And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be sacred to the LORD. It shall not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - They are coming in to fight against the Chaldeans and to fill them[fn] with the dead bodies of men whom I shall strike down in my anger and my wrath, for I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 - Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men whom he had struck down along with[fn] Gedaliah was the large cistern that King Asa had made for defense against Baasha king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:5 - And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - and he said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel forever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoring and by the dead bodies[fn] of their kings at their high places,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:9 - Now let them put away their whoring and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:3 - The songs of the temple[fn] shall become wailings[fn] in that day,”
declares the Lord GOD.
“So many dead bodies!”
“They are thrown everywhere!”
“Silence!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - Horsemen charging,
flashing sword and glittering spear,
hosts of slain,
heaps of corpses,
dead bodies without end—
they stumble over the bodies!
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