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Strong's H6584 פָּשַׁט (pashat)

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

Strong's Number H6584
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 42
Books 16

Strong's H6584 Quick Answer

Strong's H6584 פָּשַׁט (pashat) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. pashat (paw-shat') v. 1. to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array) 2. by analogy, to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.) It has 42 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include strip, flay, out, spread, and they. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
pashat (paw-shat') v. 1. to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array) 2. by analogy, to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)
Usage
42 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
strip, flay, out, spread, and they

Meaning and Definition

pashat (paw-shat') v. 1. to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array) 2. by analogy, to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.) [a primitive root] KJV: fall upon, flay, invade, make an invasion, pull off, put off, make a road, run upon, rush, set, spoil, spread selves (abroad), strip (off, self).

Original Word
פָּשַׁט
Transliteration
pashat
Derivation
Root: פשׁט
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6584. 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)

to strip

Usage: 1) to strip, invade, strip off, make a dash, raid, spread out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to strip off, put off 1a2) to put off (one's shelter), make a dash 1b) (Piel) to strip 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to strip of 1c2) to strip off 1c3) to flay 1d) (Hithpael) to strip oneself of

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How Strong's H6584 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pashat, 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.

strip Numbers 20:26 flay Leviticus 1:6 out Judges 9:33 spread 1 Chronicles 14:9 flayed 2 Chronicles 35:11 they Genesis 37:23

How Strong's H6584 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 42 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6584 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 H6584 in the Old Testament

42 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 37:23 KJV

And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

Leviticus 1:6 KJV

And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

Leviticus 6:11 KJV

And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.

Usage Excerpts

First 42 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6584.

Genesis 37:23 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
Leviticus 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
Leviticus 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
Leviticus 16:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
Numbers 20:26 Old Testament, KJV
And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
Numbers 20:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
Judges 9:33 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.
Judges 9:44 Old Testament, KJV
And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
Judges 20:37 Old Testament, KJV
And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
1 Samuel 18:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
1 Samuel 19:24 Old Testament, KJV
And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Samuel 23:27 Old Testament, KJV
But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
1 Samuel 27:8 Old Testament, KJV
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 27:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
1 Samuel 30:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
1 Samuel 30:14 Old Testament, KJV
We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
1 Samuel 31:8 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
1 Samuel 31:9 Old Testament, KJV
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.
2 Samuel 23:10 Old Testament, KJV
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
1 Chronicles 10:8 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
1 Chronicles 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
1 Chronicles 14:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
2 Chronicles 25:13 Old Testament, KJV
But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
2 Chronicles 28:18 Old Testament, KJV
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
2 Chronicles 29:34 Old Testament, KJV
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
2 Chronicles 35:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
Nehemiah 4:23 Old Testament, KJV
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
Job 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Job 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Song of Solomon 5:3 Old Testament, KJV
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
Isaiah 32:11 Old Testament, KJV
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
Ezekiel 16:39 Old Testament, KJV
And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
Ezekiel 23:26 Old Testament, KJV
They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
Ezekiel 26:16 Old Testament, KJV
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
Ezekiel 44:19 Old Testament, KJV
And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
Hosea 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
Hosea 7:1 Old Testament, KJV
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
Micah 2:8 Old Testament, KJV
Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
Micah 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Nahum 3:16 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6584, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 9 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6584 FAQ

What does pashat (פָּשַׁט) mean?

Pashat (Strong's H6584) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "flay". pashat (paw-shat') v. 1. to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array) 2. by analogy, to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)

How many times is pashat (פָּשַׁט) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 42 linked usages for Strong's H6584 across 16 books.

Where can I study pashat (פָּשַׁט) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6584 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate pashat (פָּשַׁט)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as strip, flay, out, spread, they, and flayed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.