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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6354 - פַּחַת

Transliteration

pachath

Phonetics

pakh'-ath

Origin

probably from an unused root apparently meaning to dig

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1761a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

pit, hole

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 999 ‑ βόθυνος (both'‑oo‑nos); 5490 ‑ χάσμα (khas'‑mah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (10)

2 Samuel 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

BSB (10)

2 Samuel 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

CSB (6)

2 Samuel 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

ESV (10)

2 Samuel 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

KJV (10)

2 Samuel 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

LEB (10)

2 Samuel 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

LSB (10)

2 Samuel 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

N95 (10)

2 Samuel 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

NAS (10)

2 Samuel 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (10)

2 Samuel 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

ASV (10)

and the pit 3

into the pit 2

of the abyss 1

of the pit 1

out of the pit 1

pit 2

BSB (10)

a pit 1

and pit 1

and pitfall 1

cave 1

of a cave 1

pit 2

the pit 3

CSB (6)

of a cave 1

pit 3

pitfall 1

the caves 1

ESV (10)

gorge 1

pit 7

pitfall 1

pits 1

KJV (10)

hole's 1

pit 8

snare 1

LEB (10)

a ravine 1

and a pit 1

and pit 1

and the pit 1

pit 1

the caves 1

the pit 3

the pit⌋ 1

LSB (10)

caves 1

chasm 1

pit 7

pitfall 1

N95 (10)

caves 1

chasm 1

pit 7

pitfall 1

NAS (10)

chasm 1

pit 7

pitfall 1

ravines 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (10)

and the pit 2

into the pit 2

of the abyss 1

of the pit 1

out of the pit 1

pit 2

the pit 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2602) t h p (פההת PHhT) AC: ? CO: Pit AB: ?: [from: tp- a hole]

N^m ) t h p (פההת PHhT) - Pit: A hole in the ground. KJV (10): pit, hole, snare - Strongs: H6354 (פַּחַת)

N^f2) t t h p (פההתת PHhTT) - Pit: A hole in the skin from disease. KJV (1): fret - Strongs: H6356 (פְּחֶתֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מַּ֫חַת noun masculine^{2 Samuel 18:17} (in 2 Samuel 17:9 read בְּאַחַד) pit; — ׳פ absolute Jeremiah 48:43 +, מָּ֑חַת Jeremiah 48:28; plural מְּחָתִים 2 Samuel 17:9; — pit, 2 Samuel 17:9; 2 Samuel 18:17; Jeremiah 48:28 (Gie question text); figurative of calamity וָפָ֑ח׳מַּחַד וָפ Jeremiah 48:43 compare Jeremiah 48:44; Jeremiah 48:44 = Isaiah 24:17 compare Isaiah 24:18; Isaiah 24:18 and Lamentations 3:47.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פַּחַת m. (2 Samuel 18:17), pl. פְּחָתִים f. (2 Samuel 17:9), a pit; often used as a figure of destruction, Psalms 7:16; Lamentations 3:47; Isaiah 24:17, by paronomasia, וָפַח עָלֶיךָ פַּחַד וָפַחַת “fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee;” Jeremiah 48:43. The fem. is פְּחֶתֶת.

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List of Word Forms

הַפְּחָתִ֔ים הַפַּ֔חַת הַפַּ֣חַת הפחת הפחתים וָפַ֖חַת וָפַ֛חַת ופחת פָֽחַת׃ פחת׃ Fachat hap·pa·ḥaṯ hap·pə·ḥā·ṯîm hapPachat happaḥaṯ happechaTim happəḥāṯîm p̄ā·ḥaṯ p̄āḥaṯ vaFachat wā·p̄a·ḥaṯ wāp̄aḥaṯ