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HebrewH6485Verb

פָּקַד

pa.qad

257Occurrences
H6485Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
list/count 1) to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pay attention to, observe 1a2) to attend to 1a3) to seek, look about for 1a4) to seek in vain, need, miss, lack 1a5) to visit 1a6) to visit upon, punish 1a7) to pass in review, muster, number 1a8) to appoint, assign, lay upon as a charge, deposit 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be sought, be needed, be missed, be lacking 1b2) to be visited 1b3) to be visited upon 1b4) to be appointed 1b5) to be watched over 1c) (Piel) to muster, call up 1d) (Pual) to be passed in review, be caused to miss, be called, be called to account 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to set over, make overseer, appoint an overseer 1e2) to commit, entrust, commit for care, deposit 1f) (Hophal) 1f1) to be visited 1f2) to be deposited 1f3) to be made overseer, be entrusted 1g) (Hithpael) numbered 1h) (Hothpael) numbered

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

פָּקַד appears 257 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
90
Jeremiah
43
Isaiah
16
1 Samuel
15
Exodus
12
2 Kings
10
2 Chronicles
7
Genesis
7

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 21:6BSB

But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.

Exodus 13:19BSB

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”

Jeremiah 14:10BSB

This is what the LORD says about this people:“Truly they love to wander;they have not restrained their feet.So the LORD does not accept them;He will now remember their guiltand call their sins to account.”

Nehemiah 12:44BSB

And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.

Numbers 26:41BSB

These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered 45,600.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.