Word Study · Strong's H6354 · Hebrew
פַּחַת
pachath
pakh'-ath
“a pit, especially forcatching animals”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a pit, especially forcatching animals
Rendered in the KJV as
hole, pit, snare.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- הַפַּ֔חַת4
- וָפַ֖חַת2
- הַפַּ֣חַת1
- הַפְּחָתִ֔ים1
- וָפַ֛חַת1
- פָֽחַת׃1
How it is rendered · 5
- the pit5
- and pit2
- a ravine1
- and a pit1
- the ravines1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmsa · 5
- HC/Ncmsa · 3
- HNcmsa · 1
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 17:9הַפְּחָתִ֔יםhapechatimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralSurely 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.’here: the ravines
- 2 Samuel 18:17הַפַּ֣חַתhapachatthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThey 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.here: the pit
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 24:17וָפַ֖חַתvafachatconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularTerror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.here: and pit
- Isaiah 24:18הַפַּ֔חַתhapachatthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhoever 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.here: the pit
- Isaiah 24:18הַפַּ֔חַתhapachatthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhoever 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.here: the pit
Jeremiah4 occurrences
- Jeremiah 48:28פָֽחַת׃fachatnoun · masculine singularAbandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.here: a ravine
- Jeremiah 48:43וָפַ֖חַתvafachatconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularTerror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.here: and pit
- Jeremiah 48:44הַפַּ֔חַתhapachatthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“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.here: the pit
- Jeremiah 48:44הַפַּ֔חַתhapachatthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“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.here: the pit