פְּקֻדָּה
pᵉquddâh · H6486 · Hebrew · 32 occurrences
Thing
- Prison, dungeonPrison and penal activity108 verses
Meanings
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muster
The action by which humans carefully observe a large group of people or objects to determine their number, check that everyone is present, or assess an army's fighting strength
Examples2 Chronicles 17:14 This was their muster according to their fathers’ households: of Judah, commanders of thousands, Adnah was the commander, and with him three hundred thousand valiant warriors;
2 Chronicles 26:11 Moreover, Uzziah had an army ready for battle, which entered combat by divisions according to the number of their muster, recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the official, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s officers.
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notice, providence
Literally: muster; hence: action by which deities take notice of the misfortune or suffering of (other) humans and intervene in order to help
ExamplesJob 10:12 ‘You have granted me life and goodness; And Your care has guarded my spirit.
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punishment
Literally: notice; hence: action by which deities or humans inflict a penalty on other deities, humans, animals, or objects, usually as retribution for an offence
ExamplesIsaiah 10:3 Now what will you do in the day of punishment, And in the devastation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth?
Jeremiah 8:12 “Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They were not ashamed at all, And they did not know how to be ashamed; Therefore they will fall among those who fall; At the time of their punishment they will collapse,” Says the LORD.
Jeremiah 10:15 They are worthless, a work of mockery; At the time of their punishment they will perish.
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stores, savings
Literally: muster; hence: objects that are placed in a relatively safe location
ExamplesIsaiah 15:7 Therefore the abundance which they have acquired and stored up, They carry it off over the brook of Arabim.
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fate
Literally: placement; hence: an event that has come upon humans
ExamplesNumbers 16:29 “If these men die the death of all mankind, or if they suffer the fate of all mankind, then the LORD has not sent me.
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office, position
Literally: placement; hence: a certain responsibility or position of authority with regards to an object, a group of people, or an entire land or nation
Examples1 Chronicles 23:11 Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father’s household, one group for duty.
Psalm 109:8 May his days be few; May another take his office.
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charge, oversight, duty
Literally: office, position; hence: a specific task assigned to people
ExamplesNumbers 3:32 and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was the head of the leaders of Levi, and he had the supervision of those who performed the duties of the sanctuary.
Numbers 3:36 Now the appointment of duties of the sons of Merari included the framework of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its bases, all its equipment, and all the service concerning them,
Numbers 4:16 “Now the responsibility of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the continual grain offering, and the anointing oil—the responsibility of all the tabernacle and everything that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”
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prison
Literally: house of charge; hence: place where criminals or other prisoners were confined
ExamplesJeremiah 52:11 Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze shackles and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death.
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watchmen
Literally: office, position; hence: people appointed to watch over the safety and well-being of others
Examples2 Kings 11:18 And all the people of the land came to the house of Baal and tore it down; they thoroughly smashed his altars and his images in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. Then the priest appointed sentries over the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 23:18 Moreover, Jehoiada placed the offices of the house of the LORD under the authority of the Levitical priests, whom David had assigned over the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses—with rejoicing and singing according to the order of David.
Ezekiel 9:1 Then He cried out in my presence with a loud voice, saying, “Come forward, you executioners of the city, each with his weapon of destruction in his hand.”
How it’s used In 10 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
26 occurrences in 14 groups
- הֶםtheir 13
- Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֶחָדone 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁרַתto minister, to serve, to attend 1
What it doesIt is the subject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- פָּקַדto number, to punish 1
- קָרַבto come near, to offer 1
- שָׁמַרto keep, to guard, to observe 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 2
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 10 groups
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- אֵלֶּהthese 2
- אָחbrother 1
- חֲשַׁבְיָהHashabiah 1
- פְּקֻדָּהmuster 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- לto/for 4
- אֵלto, toward 2
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
12 occurrences in 5 groups
- עֵתtime, moment, period 5
- שָׁנֶהyear 3
- יוֹםday, time 2
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- מִסְפָּרnumber 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ἐπισκοπή episkopḗ · G1984 · coming, visitation, office
- Hebrew פְּקֻדָּה denotes oversight, mustering, or administrative charge in concrete institutional contexts (military numbering, temple duties, appointed responsibilities); Greek ἐπισκοπή carries the parallel sense of inspection, oversight, or superintendence, including the specialized Christian office of bishop/overseer—both terms share the core semantic field of appointed oversight and administrative accountability.
Semantic domains 11 entries
- See002004001005
- This domain's connection to פְּקֻדָּה is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, though the word's sense of oversight assumes an attentive watching over what is charged to one's care.
- Know002004002007
- This domain's connection to פְּקֻדָּה is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, though oversight of a charge assumes knowledge of what is entrusted.
- Chastise002003002005
- The word can denote a visitation of judgment, the fate that comes upon all mankind, as in the question of whether the ground itself will judge Korah's company in Numbers 16:29.
- Space002002001017
- This domain's connection to פְּקֻדָּה is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of oversight and appointed charge rather than a spatial reference.
- Objects001
- The word denotes the specific items placed under charge, as of the framework, bars, pillars, bases, and equipment of the tabernacle assigned to the sons of Merari in Numbers 3:36.
- Happen002002003003
- The word's visitation of a common fate upon all mankind, as questioned in Numbers 16:29, ties it to something coming to pass, though not distinctly separate from the judgment already illustrated.
- Role002002002008
- The word denotes an office or appointed charge, as of Eleazar's oversight of the duties of the sanctuary in Numbers 3:32, and his responsibility for the oil, incense, and offering of the tabernacle in Numbers 4:16.
- Control002003002007
- The word denotes oversight or supervision, the exercise of authority over what is entrusted, as of Eleazar's supervision over those performing the duties of the sanctuary in Numbers 3:32.
- Prisons001003002006
- This domain's connection to פְּקֻדָּה is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, though the word's broader range includes the custody or charge of a prison.
- Safe002003003019
- This domain's connection to פְּקֻדָּה is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of oversight and judgment rather than deliverance.
- People001001003
- The word denotes the overseers themselves, the appointed persons placed in charge, as of the sentries appointed over the house of the LORD in 2 Kings 11:18.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6486. pequddah מְּקֻדָּה32 noun feminine oversight, mustering, visitation, store; —…
מְּקֻדָּה32 noun feminine oversight, mustering, visitation, store; — absolute ׳פ Hos 9:7; 1Ch 23:11; construct מְּקֻדַּת Num 3:32 +; suffix מְּקֻדָּתוֺ Num 109:8, etc.; plural מְּקֻדּ(וֺ)ת Jer 52:11 +; —
1 visitation:
a. = punishment Hos 9:7; Isa 10:3; Mic 7:4; Eze 9:1; Num 16:29 (P), especially in מְּקֻדָּתָם עֵת(שְׁנַתׅ Jer 8:12; Jer 10:15 Jer 10:6t. Jeremiah (compare עֵת with מָּקַד Jer 6:15; Jer 49:8; Jer 50:31), הַמּ ׳בֵּית = prison Jer 52:11.
b. gracious visitation, providence Job 10:12.
2. a. oversight, charge Num 4:16 (P), also Num 3:36 (P; redund.), 1Ch 26:30; = office2Ch 23:18.
b. overseer (abstract for concrete), 2Ki 11:8; Eze 44:11 (with אֶל of thing), Num 3:32 (P); collective = magistracy Isa 60:17 (LagBN 151), compare 2Ch 24:11.
c. class of officers 1Ch 23:11; 1Ch 24:3, 1Ch 24:19.
d. charge = thing entrusted Num 4:16 (P).
3 mustering2Ch 17:14; 2Ch 26:11.
4 store, things laid up, Isa 15:7; Psa 109:8 (perhaps; Hup WeSkizzen vi. 184 and others office).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 9 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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