Hebrew verb · H6452
פָּסַח
pasachpaw-sakh'
to pass; to limp
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pâçach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6452is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6452
to hop, i.e. (figuratively) skip over (or spare); by implication, to hesitate; also (literally) to limp, to dance
The King James renders it: halt, become lame, leap, pass over.
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
pasach is rendered "to pass; to limp". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to pass".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 12:13The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
Exodus 12:13וּפָסַחְתִּ֖י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to pass, and to limp.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to passStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 12:13The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood… |
| to limpStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he became lame1
- and he will pass over1
- and I will pass over1
- and they limped around1
- he passed over1
- he will pass over1
- limping1
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.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- וַיִּפָּסֵ֖חַ1
- וַֽיְפַסְּח֔וּ1
- וּפָסַ֤ח1
- וּפָסַחְתִּ֖י1
- פָּ֠סַח1
- פָּסֹ֥חַ1
- פֹּסְחִים֮1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/VNw3ms1Hc/VNw3ms
- Hc/Vpw3mp1Hc/Vpw3mp
- Hc/Vqq1cs1Hc/Vqq1cs
- Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1HVqaa
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HVqrmpa
Exodus
three uses
The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
- וּפָסַחְתִּ֖יufasachtiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will pass over
When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
- וּפָסַ֤חufasachHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will pass over
you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
- פָּ֠סַחpasachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he passed over
2 Samuel
one use
And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
- וַיִּפָּסֵ֖חַvaiyipaseachHc/VNw3mstagged: and he became lame
1 Kings
two uses
Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
- פֹּסְחִים֮posechimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: limping
And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.
- וַֽיְפַסְּח֔וּvayfasechuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they limped around
Isaiah
one use
Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
- פָּסֹ֥חַpasoachverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: he will pass over
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 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.