פָּקִיד
pâqîyd · H6496 · Hebrew · 13 occurrences
Meanings
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officer, overseer, leader
A person assigned to be in charge of a particular group, or to have certain responsibilities as a ruler
ExamplesGenesis 41:34 “Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers in charge of the land, and let him take a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt as a tax in the seven years of abundance.
Judges 9:28 Then Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is Zebul not his governor? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him?
2 Kings 25:19 And from the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and five of the king’s advisers who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.
How it’s used In 6 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
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- כֹּהֵןpriest 1
- לֵוִיִּיLevite 1
- הוּhis 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָגִידruler 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 2
- פָּקַדto number, to punish 2
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עֻזִּיUzzi 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
7 occurrences in 6 groups
- הוּאhe, she, it 2
- זַבְדִּיאֵלZabdiel 1
- זְבֻלdwelling-place 1
- יוֹאֵלJoel 1
- יִזְרַחְיָהIzrahiah 1
- יְחִיאֵלJehiel 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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Near synonyms 2 words
- שַׂר sar · H8269 · commander, chief, captain
- Both words denote leadership and authority roles with overlapping scope (governor, overseer, ruler, chief). פָּקִיד (pâqîyd, H6496) emphasizes administrative oversight ("had the charge," "overseer"), while שַׂר (sar, H8269) covers a broader range of leadership (military, administrative, royal).
- פֶּחָה pechâh · H6346 · governor
- Both words denote roles of authority and oversight, and are terms for appointed officials or supervisors; "governor" applies to both.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Leaders001001003005
- פָּקִיד denotes an overseer or governor, one set in charge over others, as of the overseers Pharaoh is counseled to appoint over the land in Genesis 41:34, and Zebul the governor of Shechem under Abimelech in Judges 9:28.
- Officials001001003007
- The word also denotes an administrative officer, as of the officer overseeing the men of war in 2 Kings 25:19, the king's officer receiving the temple offering chest in 2 Chronicles 24:11, and the Levites set as overseers of the tithes under Conaniah's authority in 2 Chronicles 31:13.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6496. paqid מָּקִיד noun masculine commissioner, deputy, overseer; — absolute ׳פ Jer…
מָּקִיד noun masculine commissioner, deputy, overseer; — absolute ׳פ Jer 20:1 +; construct מְּקִיד2Ch 24:11; Neh 11:22; suffix מְּקִידוֺ Jdg 9:28; plural מְּקִדִים Gen 41:34; Jer 29:26, מְּקִידִים2Ch 31:13; Est 2:3; — commissioner, for special duty Gen 41:34 (E), Est 2:3; permanent deputy of king Jdg 9:28, of priest 2Ch 24:11, of Levites 2Ch 31:13; overseer, one in charge of men, with עַל of soldiers 2Ki 25:19 = Jer 52:25, Benjamites Neh 11:9, priests Neh 11:14; absolute, without עַל, Jer 29:26 (of priest in temple, reading מָּקִיד Vrss. Gie), compare Jer 20:1 (see נָגִיד
3); with suffix of Levites Neh 11:22, singers Neh 12:42.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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