6354. pachath
Strong's Lexicon
pachath: Pit, trap, snare

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

Word Origin: From the root פָּחַת (pachat), which means to dig or to open.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent in Strong's Concordance, similar concepts can be found in Greek words like βόθυνος (bothynos - pit) and παγίς (pagis - snare).

Usage: The term "pachath" is used in the Hebrew Bible to denote a pit or a trap, often metaphorically representing danger, entrapment, or a place of destruction. It conveys the idea of a hidden danger or a situation that can lead to downfall or calamity.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, pits and traps were commonly used for hunting animals or capturing enemies. The imagery of a pit or trap in the Bible often symbolizes the cunning and deceitful nature of sin and the consequences of falling into moral or spiritual danger. The concept of a pit also reflects the physical and existential threats faced by individuals in biblical times, such as being thrown into a literal pit or experiencing a metaphorical fall from grace.

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 masculine2Samuel 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.

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.

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
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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.
















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