Strong H6354פַּ֫חַת

pit

Transliteration
pachath
Pronunciation
pakh'-ath
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

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

Detailed definition

pit, hole

In the Bible

Strong H6354 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • pit6
  • hole1
  • snare1

First verses

  1. 2 Samuel 17:9
    Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
  2. 2 Samuel 18:17
    And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
  3. Isaiah 24:17
    Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
  4. Isaiah 24:18
    And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
  5. Jeremiah 48:28
    O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
  6. Jeremiah 48:43
    Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
  7. Jeremiah 48:44
    He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
  8. Lamentations 3:47
    Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
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