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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 - Some vultures swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:30 - I will destroy your pagan shrines and knock down your places of worship. I will leave your lifeless corpses piled on top of your lifeless idols,[fn] and I will despise you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29 - You will all drop dead in this wilderness! Because you complained against me, every one of you who is twenty years old or older and was included in the registration will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:32 - But as for you, you will drop dead in this wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:33 - And your children will be like shepherds, wandering in the wilderness for forty years. In this way, they will pay for your faithlessness, until the last of you lies dead in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:46 - Today the LORD will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and 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 to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians[fn] woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:24 - So when the army of Judah arrived at the lookout point in the wilderness, all they saw were dead bodies lying on the ground as far as they could see. Not a single one of the enemy had escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:25 - King Jehoshaphat and his men went out to gather the plunder. They found vast amounts of equipment, clothing,[fn] and other valuables—more than they could carry. There was so much plunder that it took them three days just to collect it all!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 - but you will be thrown out of your grave
like a worthless branch.
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
you will be dumped into a mass grave
with those killed in battle.
You will descend to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:3 - Their dead will be left unburied,
and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land.
The mountains will flow with their blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36 - That night the angel of the LORD went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians[fn] woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:24 - And as they go out, they will see
the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me.
For the worms that devour them will never die,
and the fire that burns them will never go out.
All who pass by
will view them with utter horror.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - And the entire area—including the graveyard and ash dump in the valley, and all the fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the Horse Gate—will be holy to the LORD. The city will never again be captured or destroyed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - You expect to fight the Babylonians,[fn] but the men of this city are already as good as dead, for I have determined to destroy them in my terrible anger. I have abandoned them because of all their wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 - The cistern where Ishmael dumped the bodies of the men he murdered was the large one dug by King Asa when he fortified Mizpah to protect himself against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with corpses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:5 - I will lay your corpses in front of your idols and scatter your bones around your altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - The LORD said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place where I will rest my feet. I will live here forever among the people of Israel. They and their kings will not defile my holy name any longer by their adulterous worship of other gods or by honoring the relics of their kings who have died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:9 - Now let them stop worshiping other gods and honoring the relics of 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 the singing in the Temple will turn to wailing. Dead bodies will be scattered everywhere. They will be carried out of the city in silence. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - See the flashing swords and glittering spears
as the charioteers charge past!
There are countless casualties,
heaps of bodies—
so many bodies that
people stumble over them.
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