פַּח pach
Hebrew word for “snare” · Strong’s H6341 · used 27 times in 25 verses
Meaning
1) bird trap, trap, snare; 1a) bird trap (literal); 1b) of calamities, plots, source or agent of calamity (fig.)
Senses in the lexicon
- snare (25)
- plate (2)
How it is translated
Glosses given for pach in context, with how often each is used:
- snare 10
- trap 9
- snares 4
- bird-trap 2
- thin plates 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Hosea | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Amos | 2 | 1.0 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joshua | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 24 (2), Jeremiah 48 (2), Exodus 39 (1), Numbers 16 (1), Joshua 23 (1), Job 18 (1), Job 22 (1), Psalms 11 (1), Psalms 69 (1), Psalms 91 (1)
Forms
- פח 10
- פחים 4
- לפח 3
- בפח 3
- מפח 2
- ופח 2
- הפח 1
- ופחים 1
- פחי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with pach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מוֹקֵשׁ moqesh “snare” 6
- פַּחַת pachat “pit” 4
- פַּחַד pachad “dread” 5
- צִפּוֹר tsippor “bird” 4
- יָקֹשׁ yaqosh “to snare” 3
- לָכַד lakhad “to capture” 4
- פִּתְאֹם pitom “suddenly” 3
- טָמַן taman “to hide” 3
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 4
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 4
- רֶשֶׁת reshet “net” 2
- נִי ni “me” 4
Key verses
The verses using pach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Joshua 23:13 — Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and…
- Psalms 11:6 — Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
- Psalms 69:22 — Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
- Psalms 91:3 — Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
- Psalms 140:5 — The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
- Psalms 142:3 — When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12 — For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in…
- Isaiah 8:14 — And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the…
- Jeremiah 18:22 — Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
- Jeremiah 48:44 — He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon…
- Hosea 5:1 — Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on…
- Hosea 9:8 — The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
See all 25 verses in the Word Atlas
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.