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Strong's H6471 פַּעַם (paam)

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

Strong's Number H6471
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 108
Books 23

Strong's H6471 Quick Answer

Strong's H6471 פַּעַם פַּעֲמָה (pa`am) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. pa`am (pah'-am) (or (feminine) pa amah {pah-am-aw'};) n-f. 1. a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow) [from H6470] It has 108 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include corners, two, time, times, and corner. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
pa`am (pah'-am) (or (feminine) pa amah {pah-am-aw'};) n-f. 1. a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow) [from H6470]
Usage
108 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
corners, two, time, times, and corner

Meaning and Definition

pa`am (pah'-am) (or (feminine) pa amah {pah-am-aw'};) n-f. 1. a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow) [from H6470] KJV: anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, X now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, ((often-)), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel. Root(s): H6470

Original Word
פַּעַם פַּעֲמָה
Transliteration
pa`am
Derivation
Root: פעם First root strongs: 6470
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6471. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

beat

Usage: 1) stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence 1a) foot, hoof-beat, footfall, footstep 1b) anvil 1c) occurrence, time, stroke, beat 1c1) one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now...now, at one time...at another

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How Strong's H6471 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pa`am, 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.

How Strong's H6471 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 108 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6471 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 H6471 in the Old Testament

108 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 2:23 KJV

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Genesis 18:32 KJV

And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

Genesis 27:36 KJV

And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

Usage Excerpts

First 108 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6471.

Genesis 2:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Genesis 18:32 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
Genesis 27:36 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
Genesis 29:34 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
Genesis 29:35 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
Genesis 30:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
Genesis 33:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Genesis 41:32 Old Testament, KJV
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
Genesis 43:10 Old Testament, KJV
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
Genesis 46:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Exodus 8:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
Exodus 9:14 Old Testament, KJV
For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
Exodus 9:27 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Exodus 10:17 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
Exodus 23:17 Old Testament, KJV
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD God.
Exodus 25:12 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
Exodus 34:23 Old Testament, KJV
Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel.
Exodus 34:24 Old Testament, KJV
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
Exodus 37:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
Leviticus 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.
Leviticus 4:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.
Leviticus 8:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
Leviticus 14:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
Leviticus 14:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:
Leviticus 14:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:
Leviticus 14:51 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
Leviticus 16:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
Leviticus 16:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
Leviticus 25:8 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
Numbers 14:22 Old Testament, KJV
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Numbers 19:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
Numbers 20:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
Numbers 24:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Numbers 24:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
Deuteronomy 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
Deuteronomy 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.
Deuteronomy 10:10 Old Testament, KJV
And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.
Deuteronomy 16:16 Old Testament, KJV
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
Joshua 6:3 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
Joshua 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
Joshua 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
Joshua 6:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
Joshua 6:15 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
Joshua 6:16 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.
Joshua 10:42 Old Testament, KJV
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
Judges 5:28 Old Testament, KJV
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Judges 6:39 Old Testament, KJV
And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
Judges 15:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
Judges 16:15 Old Testament, KJV
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
Judges 16:18 Old Testament, KJV
And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
Judges 16:20 Old Testament, KJV
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
Judges 16:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Judges 20:30 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
Judges 20:31 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
1 Samuel 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
1 Samuel 18:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
1 Samuel 20:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
1 Samuel 20:41 Old Testament, KJV
And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
1 Samuel 26:8 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
2 Samuel 17:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
2 Samuel 23:8 Old Testament, KJV
These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
2 Samuel 24:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
1 Kings 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings 7:30 Old Testament, KJV
And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
1 Kings 9:25 Old Testament, KJV
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
1 Kings 11:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
1 Kings 17:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.
1 Kings 18:43 Old Testament, KJV
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
1 Kings 22:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
2 Kings 4:35 Old Testament, KJV
Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
2 Kings 5:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
2 Kings 5:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
2 Kings 13:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
2 Kings 13:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
2 Kings 13:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
2 Kings 19:24 Old Testament, KJV
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
1 Chronicles 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
1 Chronicles 21:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
2 Chronicles 8:13 Old Testament, KJV
Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
2 Chronicles 18:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
Nehemiah 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.
Nehemiah 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Nehemiah 6:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
Nehemiah 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
Job 19:3 Old Testament, KJV
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
Job 33:29 Old Testament, KJV
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
Psalms 17:5 Old Testament, KJV
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Psalms 57:6 Old Testament, KJV
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
Psalms 58:10 Old Testament, KJV
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Psalms 74:3 Old Testament, KJV
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Psalms 85:13 Old Testament, KJV
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
Psalms 106:43 Old Testament, KJV
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Psalms 119:133 Old Testament, KJV
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Psalms 140:4 Old Testament, KJV
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Proverbs 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Proverbs 29:5 Old Testament, KJV
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Ecclesiastes 6:6 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
Ecclesiastes 7:22 Old Testament, KJV
For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
Song of Solomon 7:1 Old Testament, KJV
How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
Isaiah 26:6 Old Testament, KJV
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
Isaiah 37:25 Old Testament, KJV
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
Isaiah 41:7 Old Testament, KJV
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Isaiah 66:8 Old Testament, KJV
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Jeremiah 10:18 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
Jeremiah 16:21 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.
Ezekiel 41:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
Nahum 1:9 Old Testament, KJV
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6471, grouped by book.

Genesis 10 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 9 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 10 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 7 usages, Old Testament
Judges 9 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 8 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 7 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 8 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6471 FAQ

What does paam (פַּעַם) mean?

Paam (Strong's H6471) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "stroke". pa`am (pah'-am) (or (feminine) pa amah {pah-am-aw'};) n-f. 1. a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow) [from H6470]

How many times is paam (פַּעַם) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 108 linked usages for Strong's H6471 across 23 books.

Where can I study paam (פַּעַם) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6471 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate paam (פַּעַם)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as corners, two, time, times, corner, and anvil. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.