פַּחַד pachad
Hebrew word for “dread” · Strong’s H6343 · used 49 times in 48 verses
Meaning
1) terror, dread; 1a) dread; 1b) object of dread
How it is translated
Glosses given for pachad in context, with how often each is used:
- dread 31
- fear 12
- terror 5
- dreads 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job | 10 | 1.2 | |
| Psalms | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 4 | 0.6 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Esther | 3 | 1.0 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 2 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Proverbs 1 (3), Isaiah 2 (3), Genesis 31 (2), Esther 9 (2), Job 39 (2), Isaiah 24 (2), Jeremiah 48 (2), Exodus 15 (1), Deuteronomy 2 (1), Deuteronomy 11 (1)
Forms
- פחד 24
- מפחד 7
- ופחד 4
- פחדכם 3
- פחדם 2
- הפחד 2
- בפחד 1
- פחדך 1
- פחדו 1
- ופחדו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with pachad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- פַּחַת pachat “pit” 5
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 9
- פָּחַד pachad “to dread” 5
- פַּח pach “snare” 5
- אֵיד ed “calamity” 3
- הָדָר hadar “glory” 3
- מְדִינָה medinah “province” 3
- שָׁלוֹם shalom “peace” 4
- גָּאוֹן gaon “pride” 3
- סָבִיב saviv “around” 4
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 5
- יְהוּדִי yehudi “Jew” 3
Key verses
The verses using pachad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 31:42 — Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine…
- Genesis 31:53 — The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
- Exodus 15:16 — Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass…
- 2 Chronicles 19:7 — Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of…
- Job 15:21 — A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
- Psalms 14:5 — There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
- Psalms 31:11 — I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
- Psalms 36:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.] The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before…
- 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…
- Psalms 119:120 — My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. ע AIN.
- Isaiah 2:10 — Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
- Isaiah 2:19 — And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to…
See all 48 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.