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title: פָּחַד — dread · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּחַד (6342), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: dread. BDB 1906: vb. dread, be in dread, in awe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּחַד

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«פָּחַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dread** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 25 times · **Key:** 6342 · **BDB:** פָּחַד

### Glosses

they.fear (2); they.were.afraid (2); they.will.be.in.dread (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6342/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. dread, be in dread, in awe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6342/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. dread, be in dread, in awe (NH Hithp. (rare), Ecclus 41:12 Imv. פחד על fear for; 𝔗 פַּחְדָּא n.);— Pf. 3 ms. פָּחַד ψ 119:161, וּפ׳ consec. Is 19:16; 60:5; 1 s. פָּחַדְתִּי Jb 3:25, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִפְחָ֑ד Is 19:17; 2 ms. תִּפְחָ֑ד Dt 28:67 +, etc.;— be in dread, abs. Dt 28:66; Is 12:2; 33:14; 44:8, 11 ψ 78:53; Pr 3:24; לֹא פ׳ Je 36:24 sign of callousness; c. acc. cogn. פַּחַד Dt 28:67; Jb 3:25 ψ 14:5 = 53:6; c. מִן pers. Is 19:37 Jb 23:15 ψ 27:1 (‖ יָרֵא), cf. 119:161, and (c. מִפְּנֵי) Is 19:16; c. עַל rei Je 33:9 (+ רָֽגְזוּ); c. אֶל, pregn., turn in dread to each other Je 36:16, submitting to י׳ Ho 3:5 Mi 7:17 (‖ יָרֵא). be in awe (at י׳’s favour), abs., Is 60:5. be in great dread, Impf. 2 ms. וַתְּפַחֵד Is 51:13, c. מִפְּנֵי rei; Pt. abs. מְפַחֵד Pr 28:14 deeply dreading (sc. sin). Pf. 3 ms. הִפְחִיד Jb 4:14 filled my bones with dread.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּחַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6342/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 14:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.14.5/)

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שָׁ֤ם ׀ פָּ֣חֲדוּ פָ֑חַד כִּֽי־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים בְּד֣וֹר צַדִּֽיק׃

*Word for word:* there they.fear a.fear (dm) God \[is\].with a.generation righteous

*JPS 1917:* There are they in great fear; for God is with the righteous generation.

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[Job 4:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.14/)

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פַּ֣חַד קְ֭רָאַנִי וּרְעָדָ֑ה וְרֹ֖ב עַצְמוֹתַ֣י הִפְחִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* fear it happened.to.me and trembling and the.multitude my.bones my it.caused.to.tremble

*JPS 1917:* Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake.

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