פַּעַם paam
Hebrew word for “beat” · Strong’s H6471 · used 118 times in 108 verses
Meaning
1) stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence;
How it is translated
Glosses given for paam in context, with how often each is used:
- times 47
- time 33
- this time 12
- two times 9
- feet 8
- footsteps 7
- hoof-beats 1
- anvil 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judges | 13 | 1.3 | |
| Genesis | 10 | 0.5 | |
| Leviticus | 10 | 0.8 | |
| Exodus | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Joshua | 8 | 0.8 | |
| 1 Kings | 8 | 0.6 | |
| 2 Kings | 8 | 0.7 | |
| Psalms | 8 | 0.4 | |
| 1 Samuel | 7 | 0.5 | |
| Numbers | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Deuteronomy | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Nehemiah | 4 | 0.8 |
Also in 11 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Joshua 6 (6), Leviticus 14 (4), Judges 16 (4), 1 Kings 7 (3), 2 Kings 13 (3), Genesis 29 (2), Exodus 9 (2), Exodus 34 (2), Leviticus 4 (2), Leviticus 16 (2)
Forms
- פעמים 56
- בפעם 16
- הפעם 13
- פעם 11
- פעמי 7
- כפעם 6
- פעמתיו 3
- פעמיו 3
- פעמיך 2
- לפעמי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with paam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁלֹשׁ shalosh “three” 19
- שֶׁבַע sheva “seven” 18
- נָזָה nazah “to sprinkle” 10
- אֶחָד echad “one” 15
- אֶצְבַּע etsba “finger” 7
- זֶה zeh “this” 13
- קָרָא qara “to call” 11
- טָבַל taval “to dip” 5
- רָאָה raah “to see” 12
- שׁוּב shuv “to return” 10
- דָּם dam “blood” 7
- סָבַב savav “to turn” 6
Key verses
The verses using paam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 9:14 — For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in…
- Leviticus 14:7 — And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the…
- Numbers 14:22 — Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have…
- Numbers 20:11 — And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
- Deuteronomy 16:16 — Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast…
- Joshua 6:4 — And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall…
- Joshua 10:42 — And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
- 2 Kings 5:10 — And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
- Psalms 58:10 — The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Psalms 74:3 — Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
- Psalms 106:43 — Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
- Proverbs 29:5 — A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
See all 108 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.