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Lexicon :: Strong's H6354 - paḥaṯ

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פַּחַת
Transliteration
paḥaṯ
Pronunciation
pakh'-ath
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from an unused root apparently meaning to dig
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1761a

Strong’s Definitions

פַּחַת pachath, pakh'-ath; probably from an unused root apparently meaning to dig; a pit, especially for catching animals:—hole, pit, snare.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H6354 in the following manner: pit (8x), hole (1x), snare (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H6354 in the following manner: pit (8x), hole (1x), snare (1x).

  1. pit, hole

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פַּחַת pachath, pakh'-ath; probably from an unused root apparently meaning to dig; a pit, especially for catching animals:—hole, pit, snare.
STRONGS H6354: Abbreviations
† פַּ֫חַת noun masculine 2 Samuel 18:17 (in 2 Samuel 17:9 read בְּאַחַד) pit; — פ׳ absolute Jeremiah 48:43 +, פָּ֑חַת Jeremiah 48:28; plural פְּחָתִים 2 Samuel 17:9; — pit, 2 Samuel 17:9; 2 Samuel 18:17; Jeremiah 48:28 (Gie question text); figurative of calamity וָפָ֑ח וָפ'פַּחַד Jeremiah 48:43 compare Jeremiah 48:44; Jeremiah 48:44 = Isaiah 24:17 compare Isaiah 24:18; Isaiah 24:18 and Lamentations 3:47.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

17:9; 17:9; 17:9; 18:17; 18:17

Isaiah

24:17; 24:18; 24:18

Jeremiah

48:28; 48:28; 48:43; 48:43; 48:44; 48:44

Lamentations

3:47

H6354

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6354 matches the Hebrew פַּחַת (paḥaṯ),
which occurs 10 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits or in some other place. And as soon as some of the people fall[fn] at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every one to his own home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17 - Terror and the pit and the snare[fn]
are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - He who flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For the windows of heaven are opened,
and the foundations of the earth tremble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - “Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be like the dove that nests
in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43 - Terror, pit, and snare
are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - He who flees from the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For I will bring these things upon Moab,
the year of their punishment,
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:47 - panic and pitfall have come upon us,
devastation and destruction;
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