פָּקִיד paqid

Hebrew word for “overseer” · Strong’s H6496 · used 13 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

commissioner, deputy, overseer, officer

How it is translated

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

• overseer 5
• overseers 3
• officer 3
• deputy 1
• appointees 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 11 (3), Genesis 41 (1), Judges 9 (1), 2 Kings 25 (1), 2 Chronicles 24 (1), 2 Chronicles 31 (1), Nehemiah 12 (1), Esther 2 (1), Jeremiah 20 (1), Jeremiah 29 (1)

Forms

• פקיד 4
• ופקיד 3
• פקדים 2
• פקידים 2
• פקידו 1
• הפקיד 1

Words used with it

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

• סָרִיס saris “eunuch” 3
• עֻזִּי uzzi “Uzzi” 2
• צָבָא tsava “to serve” 2
• סָפַר saphar “to recount” 3
• נָגִיד nagid “leader” 2
• שִׁשִּׁים shishshim “sixty” 2
• שִׁיר shir “to sing” 2
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 3
• נָבָא nava “to prophesy” 2
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 3
• עִיר ir “city” 3
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 41:34 — Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
• Judges 9:28 — And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the…
• 2 Kings 25:19 — And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city,…
• 2 Chronicles 24:11 — Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money,…
• 2 Chronicles 31:13 — And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of…
• Nehemiah 11:9 — And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city.
• Nehemiah 11:22 — The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the…
• Nehemiah 12:42 — And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
• Esther 2:3 — And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the…
• Jeremiah 20:1 — Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
• Jeremiah 29:26 — The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh…
• Jeremiah 52:25 — He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the…

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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.