פָּגַשׁ pagash

Hebrew word for “to meet” · Strong’s H6298 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

1) to meet, join, encounter; 1a) (Qal) to meet, encounter; 1b) (Niphal) to meet together, meet each other; 1c) (Piel) to meet, encounter

How it is translated

Glosses given for pagash in context, with how often each is used:

• met 4
• will meet 3
• meet together 3
• have met 1
• meet 1
• may he meet 1
• when met 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 4 (2), Genesis 32 (1), Genesis 33 (1), 1 Samuel 25 (1), 2 Samuel 2 (1), Job 5 (1), Psalms 85 (1), Proverbs 17 (1), Proverbs 22 (1), Proverbs 29 (1)

Forms

• נפגשׁו 3
• ויפגשׁהו 2
• יפגשׁך 1
• פגשׁתי 1
• ותפגשׁ 1
• ויפגשׁום 1
• יפגשׁו 1
• פגושׁ 1
• ופגשׁו 1
• כפגשׁ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pagash more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שַׁכּוּל shakkul “childless” 2
• קָרָא qara “to encounter” 3
• דֹּב dov “bear” 2
• רוּשׁ rush “be poor” 2
• נָשַׁק nashaq “to kiss” 2
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 3
• מִי mi “who?” 2
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 2
• הַר har “mountain” 2
• אֵלֶּה elleh “these” 2
• שָׁם sham “there” 2
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 2

Key verses

The verses using pagash that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 32:17 — And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these…
• Genesis 33:8 — And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
• Exodus 4:24 — And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
• Exodus 4:27 — And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
• 2 Samuel 2:13 — And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the…
• Job 5:14 — They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
• Psalms 85:10 — Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
• Proverbs 17:12 — Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
• Proverbs 22:2 — The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
• Proverbs 29:13 — The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
• Jeremiah 41:6 — And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them,…
• Hosea 13:8 — I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.