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Strong's H6343 פַּחַד (pachad)

Pachad means “fear” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H6343
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 48
Books 14

Strong's H6343 Quick Answer

Strong's H6343 פַּחַד (pachad) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. pachad (pakh'-ad) n-m. 1. a (sudden) alarm 2. (properly) the object feared It has 48 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include fear, sudden, feared, and dread. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
pachad (pakh'-ad) n-m. 1. a (sudden) alarm 2. (properly) the object feared
Usage
48 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
fear, sudden, feared, and dread

Meaning and Definition

pachad (pakh'-ad) n-m. 1. a (sudden) alarm 2. (properly) the object feared 3. (by implication) the feeling of alarm [from H6342] KJV: dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror. Root(s): H6342

Original Word
פַּחַד
Transliteration
pachad
Derivation
Root: פחד First root strongs: 6342
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6343. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H6343 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pachad, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

fear Genesis 31:42 41× sudden Job 22:10 dread Job 13:11 feared Job 3:25

How Strong's H6343 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 48 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6343 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H6343 in the Old Testament

48 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 31:42 KJV

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

Genesis 31:53 KJV

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

Exodus 15:16 KJV

Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

Usage Excerpts

First 48 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6343.

Genesis 31:42 Old Testament, KJV
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
Genesis 31:53 Old Testament, KJV
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
Exodus 15:16 Old Testament, KJV
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
Deuteronomy 2:25 Old Testament, KJV
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
Deuteronomy 11:25 Old Testament, KJV
There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
Deuteronomy 28:67 Old Testament, KJV
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
1 Samuel 11:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
1 Chronicles 14:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
2 Chronicles 14:14 Old Testament, KJV
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
2 Chronicles 17:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
2 Chronicles 19:7 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
2 Chronicles 20:29 Old Testament, KJV
And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
Esther 8:17 Old Testament, KJV
And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Esther 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
Esther 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
Job 3:25 Old Testament, KJV
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Job 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
Job 13:11 Old Testament, KJV
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
Job 15:21 Old Testament, KJV
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Job 21:9 Old Testament, KJV
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Job 22:10 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Job 25:2 Old Testament, KJV
Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
Job 31:23 Old Testament, KJV
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Job 39:16 Old Testament, KJV
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
Job 39:22 Old Testament, KJV
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Psalms 14:5 Old Testament, KJV
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
Psalms 31:11 Old Testament, KJV
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Psalms 36:1 Old Testament, KJV
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Psalms 53:5 Old Testament, KJV
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
Psalms 64:1 Old Testament, KJV
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Psalms 91:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Psalms 105:38 Old Testament, KJV
Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
Psalms 119:120 Old Testament, KJV
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Proverbs 1:26 Old Testament, KJV
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Proverbs 1:27 Old Testament, KJV
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Proverbs 1:33 Old Testament, KJV
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Proverbs 3:25 Old Testament, KJV
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
Song of Solomon 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
Isaiah 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
Isaiah 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isaiah 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isaiah 24:17 Old Testament, KJV
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Isaiah 24:18 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 30:5 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
Jeremiah 48:43 Old Testament, KJV
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:44 Old Testament, KJV
He 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.
Jeremiah 49:5 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
Lamentations 3:47 Old Testament, KJV
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6343, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
Esther 3 usages, Old Testament
Job 10 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 8 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6343 FAQ

What does pachad (פַּחַד) mean?

Pachad (Strong's H6343) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "fear". pachad (pakh'-ad) n-m. 1. a (sudden) alarm 2. (properly) the object feared

How many times is pachad (פַּחַד) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 48 linked usages for Strong's H6343 across 14 books.

Where can I study pachad (פַּחַד) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6343 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate pachad (פַּחַד)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fear, sudden, feared, and dread. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.