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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 25
    spellings

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

Eight of the word's twenty-five uses are in Isaiah.

The other 31 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

פָּחַזpachazbe recklessUses2
פָּחַחpachachto ensnareUses1

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.

    Deuteronomy 28:66

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 28:67

    • 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.

    Job 3:25

    • פָּ֭חַדְתִּיpachadtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I feared
  • fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.

    Job 4:14

    • 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.

    Job 23:15

    • 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.

    Psalms 14:5

    • 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?

    Psalms 27:1

    • 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.

    Psalms 53:5

    • 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.

    Psalms 78:53

    • פָחָ֑דוּfachaduverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were afraid
  • Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.

    Psalms 119:161

    • 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.

    Proverbs 3:24

    • 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.

    Proverbs 28:14

    • 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.”

    Isaiah 12:2

    • 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.

    Isaiah 19:16

    • 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.

    Isaiah 19:17

    • 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?”

    Isaiah 33:14

    • 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.”

    Isaiah 44:8

    • 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.

    Isaiah 44:11

    • 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?

    Isaiah 51:13

    • 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.

    Isaiah 60:5

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 33:9

    • 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.”

    Jeremiah 36:16

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 36:24

    • 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.

    Hosea 3:5

    • 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.

    Micah 7:17

    • יִפְחָ֔דוּyifchaduverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be in dread

The letters

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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