Pashchûwr — H6583

Definition

masculine proper noun

Pashchur, the name of four Israelites

1. Pashur = "freedom"
2. a priest, son of Malchiah and one of the chief princes in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah
3. a priest, son of Immer, chief governor of the temple, and the one who struck and then put the prophet Jeremiah into the stocks in the reign of king Jehoiakim of Judah
4. son of Malchijah, father of Zechariah, and ancestor of Adaiah who did the work of the temple in the time of Nehemiah. Probably same as 1
5. father of Gedaliah; probably the same as 1
6. head of a family of returned exiles

Usually translated as

Pashur

Origin

probably from H6582; liberation

• Pâshach (H6582)

Occurrences

Pashchûwr occurs 14 times in 12 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (3), Jeremiah (6)

• 1 Chronicles 9:12 — And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur (פַּשְׁח֖וּר), the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
• Ezra 2:38 — The children of Pashur (פַשְׁח֔וּר), a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
• Ezra 10:22 — And of the sons of Pashur (פַּשְׁח֑וּר); Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
• Nehemiah 7:41 — The children of Pashur (פַשְׁח֔וּר), a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
• Nehemiah 10:3 — Pashur (פַּשְׁח֥וּר), Amariah, Malchijah,
• Nehemiah 11:12 — And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur (פַּשְׁח֖וּר), the son of Malchiah,
• Jeremiah 20:1 — Now Pashur (פַּשְׁחוּר֙) the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
• Jeremiah 20:2 — Then Pashur (פַשְׁח֔וּר) smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
• Jeremiah 20:3 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur (פַשְׁח֛וּר) brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
• Jeremiah 20:3 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur (פַשְׁחוּר֙), but Magor-missabib.
• Jeremiah 20:6 — And thou, Pashur (פַשְׁח֗וּר), and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
• Jeremiah 21:1 — The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur (פַּשְׁחוּר֙) the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
• Jeremiah 38:1 — Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur (פַּשְׁח֔וּר), and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
• Jeremiah 38:1 — Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur (וּפַשְׁח֖וּר) the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,