Pagash פָּגַשׁ

Pagash (Hebrew פָּגַשׁ, Strong's H6298) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to meet”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Pagash, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 32:17
  And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
• Genesis 33:8
  And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

Exodus

• Exodus 4:24
  And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
• Exodus 4:27
  And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 25:20
  And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 2:13
  And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.So Joab son of Zeruiah, along with the servants of David, marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. And the two camps took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.

Job

• Job 5:14
  They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

Psalms

• Psalm 85:10
  Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 17:12
  Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
• Proverbs 22:2
  The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
• Proverbs 29:13
  The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 34:14
  The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 41:6
  And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”

Hosea

• Hosea 13:8
  I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).