Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
overseer
Usage: commissioner, deputy, overseer, officer
Paqid means “which had the charge” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6496 פָּקִידּ (paqiyd) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. paqiyd (paw-keed') n-m. 1. a superintendent (civil, military or religious) [from H6485] It has 13 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include which, office, and governor. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
paqiyd (paw-keed') n-m. 1. a superintendent (civil, military or religious) [from H6485] KJV: which had the charge, governor, office, overseer, (that) was set. Root(s): H6485
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overseer
Usage: commissioner, deputy, overseer, officer
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render paqiyd, 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.
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13 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6496.
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city.
And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6496, grouped by book.
Paqid (Strong's H6496) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "which had the charge". paqiyd (paw-keed') n-m. 1. a superintendent (civil, military or religious) [from H6485]
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's H6496 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6496 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as which, office, and governor. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.