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title: פַּחַד — dread · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּחַד (6343), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 49 times: dread. BDB 1906: n.m. dread. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּחַד

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«פַּחַד» 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:** 49 times · **Key:** 6343 · **BDB:** פַּ֫חַד

### Glosses

dread (16); the.dread (11); fear (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6343/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. dread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6343/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 S 11:7 dread;—פ׳ abs. Gn 31:42 +, cstr. 1 S 11:7 +, sf. פַּחְדְּךָ Dt 2:25 ψ 119:120, פַּחְדּוֹ Jb 13:11 1 Ch 14:17, etc.; pl. פְּחָדִים Jb 15:21:— dread, פ׳ י׳, i.e. before י׳, often (not always) terrifying, unfitting for action, †Is 2:10, 19, 21; 1 S 11:7; 2 Ch 14:13; 17:10, so פ׳ אֱלֹהִים †20:29, c. sf. Jb 13:11 ψ 119:120 trembleth for dread of thee; c. genit. obj. Isr., †Dt 2:25 (‖ יִרְאָה), 11:25 (‖ מוֹרָא), ψ 105:38 Est 8:17; 9:2, פ׳ אוֹיֵב †ψ 64:2, of individual †1 Ch 14:17; Est 9:3; c. genit. obj. rei Pr 1:33; abs., in gen., Ex 15:16 (song; ‖ אֵימָ֫תָה), Jb 4:14 (‖ רְעָדָה), Je 30:5 (‖ קוֹל חֲרָדָה) +; as acc. cogn. c. פָּחַד ψ 14:5 + (v. פָּחַד); c. genit. subj. †Pr 1:26, 27 (both ‖ אֵיד) Dt 28:67. = object of dread †ψ 31:12; 36:2, פ׳ אֵלַי Jb 31:23; פַּחַד פָּחַדְתִּי †Jb 3:25; מִקּוֹל הַפַּחַד †Is 24:18 sound of the disaster, for מִפְּנֵי הַפּ׳ of orig. Je 48:44, but קוֹל פְּחָדִים †Jb 15:21 = a sound of terrors; פ׳ פִּתְאֹם 22:10; Pr 3:25. as design. dei †פ׳ יִצְחָק Gn 31:42 (‖ אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם), so v 53 (‖ id.; both E).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 36 of its verses cited, 1 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 «פַּחַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6343/), 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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[Psalms 91:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.91.5/)

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לֹא־תִ֭ירָא מִפַּ֣חַד לָ֑יְלָה מֵ֝חֵ֗ץ יָע֥וּף יוֹמָֽם׃

*Word for word:* not you.will.be.afraid from.\[the\] dread of.night from an.arrow \[which\].it.will.fly by.day

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flieth by day;

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