Pâchaz — H6348

Definition

verb

to bubble up or froth (as boiling water), i.e. (figuratively) to be unimportant

1. (Qal) to be wanton, be reckless, be frothy

Usually translated as

light

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• thambéō (G2284)

Occurrences

Pâchaz occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Judges 9:4 — And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light (וּפֹ֣חֲזִ֔ים) persons, which followed him.
• Zephaniah 3:4 — Her prophets are light (פֹּֽחֲזִ֔ים) and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.