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Pashhur פַּשְׁחוּר
Pashhur, a priest who opposed Jeremiah and was renamed Magor-missabib, meaning "terror on every side."
Also called Pashur, Magor-missabib, Terror on Every Side.
Where Pashhur appears
Jeremiah (4)
Key verses
- Jeremiah 20:1 first mention — Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
- Jeremiah 20:2 — Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 20:3 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
- Jeremiah 20:6 — And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.