Pîyd — H6365

Definition

masculine noun

(figuratively) misfortune

1. ruin, disaster, destruction

Usually translated as

destruction, ruin

Origin

from an unused root probably meaning to pierce

Greek equivalents

• ptōma (G4430)
• timōría (G5098)

Occurrences

Pîyd occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Proverbs (1)

• Job 30:24 — Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction (בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ).
• Job 31:29 — If I rejoiced at the destruction (בְּפִ֣יד) of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
• Proverbs 24:22 — For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin (וּפִ֥יד) of them both?