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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 - Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:30 - I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies[fn] on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I will abhor you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29 - In this wilderness your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:32

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:33 - Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your 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 hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 - That night the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:24 - When the men of Judah came to the place that overlooks the desert and looked toward the vast army, they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground; no one had escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:25 - So Jehoshaphat and his men went to carry off their plunder, and they found among them a great amount of equipment and clothing[fn] and also articles of value—more than they could take away. There was so much plunder that it took three days to collect it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 - But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:3 - Their slain will be thrown out, their dead bodies will stink; the mountains will be soaked with their blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36 - Then the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:24 - “And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - The whole valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate, will be holy to the LORD. The city will never again be uprooted or demolished.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - in the fight with the Babylonians[fn]: ‘They will be filled with the dead bodies of the people I will slay in my anger and wrath. I will hide my face from this city because of all its wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 - Now the cistern where he threw all the bodies of the men he had killed along with Gedaliah was the one King Asa had made as part of his defense against Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:5 - I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of 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 - He said: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel will never again defile my holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and the funeral offerings[fn] for their kings at their death.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:9 - Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:3 - “In that day,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.[fn] Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - Charging cavalry, flashing swords and glittering spears! Many casualties, piles of dead, bodies without number, people stumbling over the corpses—
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