Pachat פַּ֫חַת
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| פַּ֫חַת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | pachat |
| Strong's number | H6354 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | pit |
| Occurrences | 10 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (3) |
Pachat (Hebrew פַּ֫חַת, Strong's H6354) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “pit”. It occurs 10 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
pit, hole
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | pit (8), hole's (1), snare (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | pit (7), cave (2), pitfall (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Pachat, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 17:9Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
- 2 Samuel 18:17And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 24:17Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
- Isaiah 24:18And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 48:28O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
- Jeremiah 48:43Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 48:44He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 3:47Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).