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
- 2 Samuel 17:9Behold, 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 Samuel 18:17And 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.
- Isaiah 24:17Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
- Isaiah 24:18And 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.
- Jeremiah 48:28O 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.
- Jeremiah 48:43Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
- Jeremiah 48:44He 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.
- Lamentations 3:47Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.