6354. pachath

Lexicon

pachath: Pit, trap, snare

Original Word: פַחַת
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: pachath
Pronunciation: pah-khath'
Phonetic Spelling: (pakh'-ath)
Definition: Pit, trap, snare
Meaning: a pit, for, catching animals

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

hole, pit, snare

Probably from an unused root apparently meaning to dig; a pit, especially for catching animals -- hole, pit, snare.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a pit
NASB Translation
caves (1), chasm (1), pit (7), pitfall (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַּ֫חַת noun masculine^{2Samuel 18:17} (in 2 Samuel 17:9 read בְּאַחַד) pit; — ׳פ absolute Jeremiah 48:43 +, מָּ֑חַת Jeremiah 48:28; plural מְּחָתִים 2 Samuel 17:9; — pit, 2 Samuel 17:9; 2 Samuel 18:17; Jeremiah 48:28 (Gie question text); figurative of calamity וָפָ֑ח ׳מַּחַד וָפ Jeremiah 48:43 compare Jeremiah 48:44; Jeremiah 48:44 = Isaiah 24:17 compare Isaiah 24:18; Isaiah 24:18 and Lamentations 3:47.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root פָּחַח (pachach), which means to ensnare or trap.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G999: βόθυνος (bothynos) • A pit or hole, often used in a similar metaphorical sense as a place of danger or entrapment.
• G5490: χάσμα (chasma) • A chasm or gulf, which can also imply a separation or a place of peril, though it is more commonly used to describe a wide gap or divide.

These Greek terms, while not direct translations, share thematic similarities with פַחַת (pachat) in their metaphorical use to describe danger, separation, or entrapment.

Usage: The term פַחַת is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe a pit or trap, often in a metaphorical sense to illustrate danger or entrapment. It is used to convey the idea of being caught or ensnared, either physically or spiritually.

Context: פַחַת (pachat) appears in the Hebrew Bible as a noun that signifies a pit or trap, typically one used for capturing animals. The imagery of a pit is often employed metaphorically to describe situations of peril or entrapment. In the biblical context, it can represent the snares laid by the wicked or the unforeseen dangers that befall individuals. The concept of a pit is frequently associated with themes of judgment, calamity, and divine retribution, as well as the deliverance from such perils by God's intervention.

For example, in the book of Jeremiah, the prophet speaks of the impending judgment and the traps set by adversaries: "Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth" (Jeremiah 48:43, BSB). This usage underscores the inevitability of divine justice and the inescapable nature of God's decrees.

The metaphor of a pit is also used in the Psalms to describe the plight of the righteous who are delivered from the schemes of the wicked: "He brought me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay" (Psalm 40:2, BSB). Here, the pit symbolizes a place of despair and helplessness, from which only divine intervention can rescue.

Forms and Transliterations

הַפְּחָתִ֔ים הַפַּ֔חַת הַפַּ֣חַת הפחת הפחתים וָפַ֖חַת וָפַ֛חַת ופחת פָֽחַת׃ פחת׃ Fachat hap·pa·ḥaṯ hap·pə·ḥā·ṯîm hapPachat happaḥaṯ happechaTim happəḥāṯîm p̄ā·ḥaṯ p̄āḥaṯ vaFachat wā·p̄a·ḥaṯ wāp̄aḥaṯ

Englishman's Concordance

2 Samuel 17:9
HEB: נֶחְבָּא֙ בְּאַחַ֣ת הַפְּחָתִ֔ים א֖וֹ בְּאַחַ֣ד
NAS: in one of the caves or
KJV: now in some pit, or in some
INT: hidden one of the caves or another

2 Samuel 18:17
HEB: בַיַּ֙עַר֙ אֶל־ הַפַּ֣חַת הַגָּד֔וֹל וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ
NAS: him into a deep pit in the forest
KJV: him into a great pit in the wood,
INT: the forest about pit A deep and erected

Isaiah 24:17
HEB: פַּ֥חַד וָפַ֖חַת וָפָ֑ח עָלֶ֖יךָ
NAS: Terror and pit and snare Confront
KJV: Fear, and the pit, and the snare,
INT: Terror and pit and snare Confront

Isaiah 24:18
HEB: יִפֹּ֣ל אֶל־ הַפַּ֔חַת וְהָֽעוֹלֶה֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ
NAS: will fall into the pit, And he who climbs
KJV: shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up
INT: will fall into the pit climbs of the midst

Isaiah 24:18
HEB: וְהָֽעוֹלֶה֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַפַּ֔חַת יִלָּכֵ֖ד בַּפָּ֑ח
NAS: And he who climbs out of the pit will be caught
KJV: out of the midst of the pit shall be taken
INT: climbs of the midst of the pit will be caught the snare

Jeremiah 48:28
HEB: בְּעֶבְרֵ֥י פִי־ פָֽחַת׃
NAS: Beyond the mouth of the chasm.
KJV: in the sides of the hole's mouth.
INT: Beyond the mouth of the chasm

Jeremiah 48:43
HEB: פַּ֥חַד וָפַ֖חַת וָפָ֑ח עָלֶ֛יךָ
NAS: Terror, pit and snare
KJV: Fear, and the pit, and the snare,
INT: Terror pit and snare and

Jeremiah 48:44
HEB: יִפֹּ֣ל אֶל־ הַפַּ֔חַת וְהָֽעֹלֶה֙ מִן־
NAS: Will fall into the pit, And the one who climbs
KJV: shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up
INT: will fall into the pit climbs out

Jeremiah 48:44
HEB: וְהָֽעֹלֶה֙ מִן־ הַפַּ֔חַת יִלָּכֵ֖ד בַּפָּ֑ח
NAS: And the one who climbs up out of the pit Will be caught
KJV: and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken
INT: climbs out of the pit Will be caught the snare

Lamentations 3:47
HEB: פַּ֧חַד וָפַ֛חַת הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ
NAS: Panic and pitfall have befallen
KJV: Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation
INT: Panic and pitfall have befallen Devastation

10 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6354
10 Occurrences

p̄ā·ḥaṯ — 1 Occ.
hap·pa·ḥaṯ — 5 Occ.
hap·pə·ḥā·ṯîm — 1 Occ.
wā·p̄a·ḥaṯ — 3 Occ.