Hebrew verb · H6342
פָּחַד
pachadpaw-kkad'
to dread
25 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pâchad
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6342is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 25spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6342
to be startled (by a sudden alarm); hence, to fear in general
The King James renders it: be afraid, stand in awe, (be in) fear, make to shake.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pachad is rendered "to dread". It stands 25 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 28:66So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-five different ways.
The first use
So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.
Deuteronomy 28:66וּפָֽחַדְתָּ֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- they were afraid2
- and I may be in dread1
- and it will be in awe1
- and it will be in dread1
- and they will be in awe1
- and they will be in dread1
- and you have been in dread1
- and you will be in dread1
- fears1
- he will be in dread1
- I feared1
- I will be in dread1
and 12 more, 25 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 25, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
25 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֶפְחָ֑ד1
- אֶפְחָֽד׃1
- הִפְחִֽיד׃1
- וְאֶפְחַ֥ד1
- וּפָחַ֗ד1
- וּפָחַ֥ד1
- וּפָחֲד֣וּ1
- וּפָחֲד֧וּ1
- וּפָֽחַדְתָּ֙1
- וַתְּפַחֵ֨ד1
- יִפְחָ֑ד1
- יִפְחֲד֖וּ1
and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural6HVqp3cp
- Hc/Vqq3cp2Hc/Vqq3cp
- Hc/Vqq3ms2Hc/Vqq3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVqi1cs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVqi2ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2HVqi3mp
- Hc/Vpw2ms1Hc/Vpw2ms
- Hc/Vqq2ms1Hc/Vqq2ms
- HC/Vqu1cs1HC/Vqu1cs
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhp3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular1HVprmsa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
Deuteronomy
two uses
So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.
- וּפָֽחַדְתָּ֙ufachadtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will be in dread
In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.
- תִּפְחָ֔דtifchadverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will dread
Job
three uses
For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
- פָּ֭חַדְתִּיpachadtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I feared
fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
- הִפְחִֽיד׃hifchidverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it caused to tremble
Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
- וְאֶפְחַ֥דveefchadHC/Vqu1cstagged: and I may be in dread
Psalms
five uses
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
- פָּ֣חֲדוּpachaduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they fear
The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- אֶפְחָֽד׃ʾefchadverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: will I be in dread
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
- פָּֽחֲדוּ־pachadu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they feared
He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
- פָחָ֑דוּfachaduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were afraid
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
- פָּחַ֥דpachadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is in dread
Proverbs
two uses
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
- תִפְחָ֑דtifchadverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will fear
Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
- מְפַחֵ֣דmefachedverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: fears
Isaiah
eight uses
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- אֶפְחָ֑דʾefchadverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be in dread
In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.
- וּפָחַ֗דufachadHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be in dread
The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.
- יִפְחָ֑דyifchadverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be in dread
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
- פָּחֲד֤וּpachaduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are in dread
Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
- תִּפְחֲדוּ֙tifchaduverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you be in dread
Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.
- יִפְחֲד֖וּyifchaduverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them be in dread
But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
- וַתְּפַחֵ֨דvatefachedHc/Vpw2mstagged: and you have been in dread
Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.
- וּפָחַ֥דufachadHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be in awe
Jeremiah
three uses
So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.
- וּפָחֲד֣וּufachaduHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will be in awe
When they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”
- פָּחֲד֖וּpachaduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were in dread
Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
- פָחֲד֔וּfachaduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were afraid
Hosea
one use
Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- וּפָחֲד֧וּufachaduHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will be in dread
Micah
one use
They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.
- יִפְחָ֔דוּyifchaduverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be in dread
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
