Word Study · Strong's H6297 · Hebrew
פֶּגֶר
peger
peh'gher
“a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
Rendered in the KJV as
carcase, corpse, dead body.
- 22occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 20inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 22 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 20
- פִּגְרֵ֣י2
- פְּגָרִ֥ים2
- בְּפִגְרֵי֙1
- הַפֶּ֔גֶר1
- הַפְּגָרִ֑ים1
- הַפְּגָרִ֣ים׀1
- וּבְפִגְרֵ֥י1
- וּפִגְרֵ֥י1
- וּפִגְרֵיהֶ֖ם1
- וּפִגְרֵיכֶ֖ם1
- וּפְגָרִים֙1
- כְּפֶ֥גֶר1
and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 15
- [the] corpses of4
- [were] corpses3
- corpses your3
- [the] corpse[s] of1
- and [the] corpses of1
- and by [the] corpses of1
- and corpses1
- and corpses their1
- and corpses your1
- corpse[s]1
- like a corpse1
- on [the] corpses of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 14
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4
- noun · masculine plural3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpc · 4
- HNcmpa · 3
- HNcmpc/Sp2mp · 3
- HTd/Ncmpa · 2
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/Ncmpc · 1
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp2mp · 1
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp · 1
- HC/R/Ncmpc · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmpc · 1
All 22, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Isaiah4 of 22 · 18%
- Numbers3 of 22 · 14%
- Jeremiah3 of 22 · 14%
- Ezekiel3 of 22 · 14%
- Leviticus2 of 22 · 9%
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus2 occurrences
- Leviticus 26:30פִּגְרֵיכֶ֔םpigreikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralI will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.here: corpses your
- Leviticus 26:30פִּגְרֵ֖יpigreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.here: [the] corpses of
Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 14:29פִגְרֵיכֶ֜םfigreikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralYour bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.here: corpses your
- Numbers 14:32וּפִגְרֵיכֶ֖םufigreikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralAs for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness.here: and corpses your
- Numbers 14:33פִּגְרֵיכֶ֖םpigreikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralYour children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.here: corpses your
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 20:24פְּגָרִ֛יםpegarimnoun · masculine pluralWhen the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.here: [were] corpses
- 2 Chronicles 20:25וּפְגָרִים֙ufegarimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralThen Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.here: and corpses
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 14:19כְּפֶ֥גֶרkefegerpreposition + noun · masculine singularBut you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.here: like a corpse
- Isaiah 34:3וּפִגְרֵיהֶ֖םufigreihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralTheir slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.here: and corpses their
- Isaiah 37:36פְּגָרִ֥יםpegarimnoun · masculine pluralThen the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!here: [were] corpses
- Isaiah 66:24בְּפִגְרֵי֙befigreipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”here: on [the] corpses of
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 31:40הַפְּגָרִ֣ים׀hapegarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”here: the corpses
- Jeremiah 33:5פִּגְרֵ֣יpigreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.here: [the] corpses of
- Jeremiah 41:9פִּגְרֵ֣יpigreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.here: [the] corpses of
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 6:5פִּגְרֵי֙pigreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.here: [the] corpses of
- Ezekiel 43:7וּבְפִגְרֵ֥יuvefigreiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.here: and by [the] corpses of
- Ezekiel 43:9וּפִגְרֵ֥יufigreiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.here: and [the] corpses of