Word Study · Strong's H6496 · Hebrew
פָּקִיד
paqid
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Strong's 1890 spelling: pâqîyd
“a superintendent (civil, military or religious)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a superintendent (civil, military or religious)
Rendered in the KJV as
which had the charge, governor, office, overseer, (that) was set.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- פָקִ֣יד׀2
- הַפָּקִֽיד׃1
- וּפְקִיד֙1
- וּפְקִ֤יד1
- וּפָקִ֣יד1
- פְּקִדִ֖ים1
- פְּקִדִים֙1
- פָקִ֥יד1
- פָּקִ֣יד1
- פְּקִיד֑וֹ1
- פְּקִידִ֗ים1
- פְּקִידִים֮1
How it is rendered · 11
- [was] overseer2
- overseers2
- [was] an officer1
- [was] the overseer1
- [were] overseers1
- an officer1
- and [the] officer of1
- and [the] overseer of1
- and [was] overseer1
- appointees1
- deputy his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine plural4
- noun · masculine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 4
- HNcmsa · 4
- HC/Ncmsc · 2
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Nehemiah4 of 13 · 31%
- Jeremiah3 of 13 · 23%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 13 · 15%
- Genesis1 of 13 · 8%
- Judges1 of 13 · 8%
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2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 24:11וּפְקִיד֙ufekidconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.here: and [the] officer of
- 2 Chronicles 31:13פְּקִידִ֗יםpekidimnoun · masculine pluralJehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.here: [were] overseers
Nehemiah4 occurrences
- Nehemiah 11:9פָּקִ֣ידpakidnoun · masculine singularJoel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Second District of the city.here: [was] overseer
- Nehemiah 11:14וּפָקִ֣ידufakidconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAmashai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer; and his associates—128 mighty men of valor. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim was their overseer.here: and [was] overseer
- Nehemiah 11:22וּפְקִ֤ידufekidconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.here: and [the] overseer of
- Nehemiah 12:42הַפָּקִֽיד׃hapakidthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.here: [was] the overseer
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 20:1פָקִ֥ידfakidnoun · masculine singularWhen Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,here: [was] an officer
- Jeremiah 29:26פְּקִדִים֙pekidimnoun · masculine plural‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.here: overseers
- Jeremiah 52:25פָקִ֣יד׀fakidnoun · masculine singularOf those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.here: an officer