Word Study · Strong's H6293 · Hebrew
פָּגַע
paga
paw-gah'
Strong's 1890 spelling: pâgaʻ
“to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
Rendered in the KJV as
come (betwixt), cause to entreat, fall (upon), make intercession, intercessor, intreat, lay, light (upon), meet (together), pray, reach, run.
- 46occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 13 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 36inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 46 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 36
- וַיִּפְגַּע־4
- בְּפִגְעוֹ־2
- וּפָגַע֙2
- וּפָגַ֣ע2
- וּפְגַע־2
- יִפְגְּעוּ־2
- פָּגַ֣ע2
- פְּגַע־2
- אֶפְגַּ֖ע1
- בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃1
- הִפְגִּ֣יעַ1
- הִפְגִּ֣עוּ1
and 24 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 31
- and it touches7
- and he fell4
- and fall3
- and they met2
- fall2
- when meets he2
- you entreat2
- [was one who] interposed1
- and entreat1
- and he reached1
- and it meets him1
- and you will meet1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 27
- Hc/Vqq3ms7
- Hc/Vqw3ms5
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural4
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular3
- Hc/Vqw3mp2
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular2
- Hc/Vqq2ms1
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3ms1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/Vqq3ms · 7
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 5
- HVqi3mp · 4
- HC/Vqv2ms · 3
- Hc/Vqw3mp · 2
- HR/Vqcc/Sp3ms · 2
- HVqp3ms · 2
- HVqv2ms · 2
- Hc/Vqq2ms · 1
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3ms · 1
- HC/Vqv2mp · 1
- HR/Vhrmsa · 1
All 46, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Joshua carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 23:8וּפִגְעוּ־ufigu-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalfhere: and entreat
- Genesis 28:11וַיִּפְגַּ֨עvaiyifga'Hc/Vqw3msOn reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.here: and he reached
- Genesis 32:1וַיִּפְגְּעוּ־vaiyifgeu-Hc/Vqw3mpJacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.here: and they met
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 5:3יִפְגָּעֵ֔נוּyifgaenuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”here: he should fall on us
- Exodus 5:20וַֽיִּפְגְּעוּ֙vaiyifgeuHc/Vqw3mpWhen they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.here: and they met
- Exodus 23:4תִפְגַּ֞עtifga'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularIf you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.here: you will meet
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 35:19בְּפִגְעוֹ־befigov-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.here: when meets he
- Numbers 35:21בְּפִגְעוֹ־befigov-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularor if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.here: when meets he
Joshua10 occurrences
- Joshua 2:16יִפְגְּע֥וּyifgeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”here: they should meet
- Joshua 16:7וּפָגַע֙ufaga'Hc/Vqq3msFrom Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.here: and it touches
- Joshua 17:10יִפְגְּע֣וּןyifgeunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nunEphraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s was to the north, having the Sea as its border and adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.here: they touch !
- Joshua 19:11וּפָגַ֣עufaga'Hc/Vqq3msThe border of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid. It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.here: and it touches
- Joshua 19:11וּפָגַע֙ufaga'Hc/Vqq3msThe border of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid. It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.here: and it touches
- Joshua 19:22וּפָגַע֩ufaga'Hc/Vqq3msThe border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.here: and it touches
- Joshua 19:26וּפָגַ֤עufaga'Hc/Vqq3msAllammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west the border touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,here: and it touches
- Joshua 19:27וּפָגַ֣עufaga'Hc/Vqq3msthen turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.here: and it touches
- Joshua 19:34וּפָגַ֨עufaga'Hc/Vqq3msThen the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.here: and it touches
- Joshua 19:34פָּגַ֣עpaga'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThen the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.here: it touches
Judges3 occurrences
- Judges 8:21וּפְגַע־ufega'-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularThen Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.here: and fall
- Judges 15:12תִּפְגְּע֥וּןtifgeunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nunBut they said to him, “We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson replied, “Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves.”here: you should fall !
- Judges 18:25יִפְגְּע֣וּyifgeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThe Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”here: they should fall
Ruth2 occurrences
- Ruth 1:16תִּפְגְּעִי־tifgei-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person feminine singularBut Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.here: you entreat
- Ruth 2:22יִפְגְּעוּ־yifgeu-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralAnd Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”here: people will molest
1 Samuel4 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 10:5וּפָגַעְתָּ֞ufaga'taHc/Vqq2msAfter that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.here: and you will meet
- 1 Samuel 22:17לִפְגֹ֖עַlifgoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.here: to fall
- 1 Samuel 22:18וּפְגַ֖עufega'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularSo the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.here: and fall
- 1 Samuel 22:18וַיִּפְגַּע־vaiyifga'-Hc/Vqw3msSo the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.here: and he fell
1 Kings6 occurrences
- 1 Kings 2:25וַיִּפְגַּע־vaiyifga'-Hc/Vqw3msSo King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.here: and he fell
- 1 Kings 2:29פְּגַע־pega'-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularIt was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”here: fall
- 1 Kings 2:31וּפְגַע־ufega'-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularAnd the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.here: and fall
- 1 Kings 2:32פָּגַ֣עpaga'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.here: he fell
- 1 Kings 2:34וַיִּפְגַּע־vaiyifga'-Hc/Vqw3msSo Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.here: and he fell
- 1 Kings 2:46וַיִּפְגַּע־vaiyifga'-Hc/Vqw3msThen the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.here: and he fell
Job2 occurrences
- Job 21:15נִפְגַּע־nifga'-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common pluralWho is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’here: we will entreat
- Job 36:32בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃vemafgia'preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.here: in an assailant
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 47:3אֶפְגַּ֖עʾefga'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularYour nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”here: I will meet
- Isaiah 53:6הִפְגִּ֣יעַhifgia'verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWe all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.here: he has caused to touch
- Isaiah 53:12יַפְגִּֽיעַ׃ סyafgia'verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularTherefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.here: he will make entreaty
- Isaiah 59:16מַפְגִּ֑יעַmafgia'verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.here: [was one who] interposed
- Isaiah 64:5פָּגַ֤עְתָּpaga'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularYou welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?here: you meet
Jeremiah4 occurrences
- Jeremiah 7:16תִּפְגַּע־tifga'-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularAs for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.here: you entreat
- Jeremiah 15:11הִפְגַּ֣עְתִּֽיhifga'tiverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singularThe LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.here: I will cause to plead
- Jeremiah 27:18יִפְגְּעוּ־yifgeu-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralIf they are indeed prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, not be taken to Babylon.here: let them entreat
- Jeremiah 36:25הִפְגִּ֣עוּhifgiuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralEven though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.here: they had made entreaty