פָּחַד pachad
Hebrew word for “to dread” · Strong’s H6342 · used 25 times in 25 verses
Meaning
1) to fear, tremble, revere, dread, be in awe or dread;
How it is translated
Glosses given for pachad in context, with how often each is used:
- will be in dread 6
- dread 4
- feared 2
- afraid 2
- will be in awe 2
- will dread 1
- caused to tremble 1
- may be in dread 1
- fear 1
- will i be in dread 1
- will fear 1
- who fears 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Psalms | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 28 (2), Isaiah 19 (2), Isaiah 44 (2), Jeremiah 36 (2), Job 3 (1), Job 4 (1), Job 23 (1), Psalms 14 (1), Psalms 27 (1), Psalms 53 (1)
Forms
- פחדו 6
- תפחד 2
- אפחד 2
- ופחד 2
- יפחדו 2
- ופחדו 2
- ופחדת 1
- פחדתי 1
- הפחיד 1
- ואפחד 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with pachad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- פַּחַד pachad “dread” 5
- רַעַד raad “trembling” 2
- רָגַז ragaz “to tremble” 2
- מִי mi “who?” 3
- שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 4
- תָּמִיד tamid “continually” 2
- עֶצֶם etsem “bone” 2
- בּוֹשׁ bush “be ashamed” 2
- אָז az “then” 2
- נִי ni “me” 3
- לֵבָב levav “heart” 2
- דָּבָר davar “word” 3
Key verses
The verses using pachad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 14:5 — There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
- Psalms 27:1 — [A Psalm of David.] The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalms 53:5 — There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God…
- Isaiah 12:2 — Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Isaiah 33:14 — The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with…
- Isaiah 44:8 — Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no…
- Isaiah 51:13 — And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because…
- Isaiah 60:5 — Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces…
- Jeremiah 33:9 — And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they…
- Jeremiah 36:24 — Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
- Hosea 3:5 — Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
- Micah 7:17 — They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear…
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.