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פָּקַד
pâqad · Hebrew · Strong's H6485 · 303 occurrences
The KJV renders 43 different Hebrew and Greek words as “make”
What it means
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
appoint, avenge, bestow, appoint to have the, give a charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, miss, number, officer, overseer, have oversight, punish, reckon, remember, set, sum, visit, want
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“make”
also renders kataskeuázō (G2680), procheirízomai (G4400), poiéō (G4160), synistáō (G4921), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), speúdō (G4692), synteléō (G4931), diatíthemai (G1303), perisseúō (G4052), kathístēmi (G2525), gennáō (G1080), ktízō (G2936), symbállō (G4820), ʼârak (H748), bûwsh (H954), bᵉnâʼ (H1124), bᵉʻâʼ (H1156), bârâʼ (H1254), gâdal (H1431), hâlal (H1984), hâphak (H2015), hârag (H2026), chûwl (H2342), yâdaʻ (H3045), yâçaph (H3254), nâthan (H5414), ʻăbad (H5648), ʻâmaq (H6009), ʻâtsab (H6087), ʻâsâh (H6213), ʻâshar (H6238), pâlaç (H6424), pâʻal (H6466), pᵉshar (H6590), qûwm (H6966), qâlal (H7043), râbâh (H7235), râphad (H7502), râqach (H7543), sûwm (H7761), shîyth (H7896)
“set”
also renders hístēmi (G2476), títhēmi (G5087), keîmai (G2749), apostéllō (G649), dídōmi (G1325), taktós (G5002), kathízō (G2523), dýnō (G1416), kathístēmi (G2525), tássō (G5021), yâhab (H3051), yânach (H3240), yâçad (H3245), yâtsab (H3320), yâshab (H3427), yᵉthib (H3488), môwʻêd (H4150), mâlêʼ (H4390), mᵉnâʼ (H4483), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), qûwm (H6966), râkab (H7392), sûwm (H7761), shîyth (H7896), shâkan (H7931)
“appoint”
also renders hístēmi (G2476), poiéō (G4160), títhēmi (G5087), syntássō (G4929), diatíthemai (G1303), diatássō (G1299), anadeíknymi (G322), kathístēmi (G2525), tássō (G5021), bâchar (H977), dâbar (H1696), zâman (H2163), yâdaʻ (H3045), yâkach (H3198), yâçad (H3245), nâqab (H5344), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), tsâvâh (H6680), qûwm (H6966), qârâh (H7136), shîyth (H7896)
“commit”
“hurt”
“look”
“number”
“want”
also renders hysteréō (G5302), hystérēma (G5303), hystérēsis (G5304), chreía (G5532), ʼepheç (H657), châdal (H2308), châçêr (H2637), châçêr (H2638), cheçer (H2639)
“lack”
also renders hysteréō (G5302), leípō (G3007), hystérēma (G5303), chreía (G5532), châçêr (H2637), châçêr (H2638), ʻădar (H5737), rûwsh (H7326)
“bestow”
“punish”
also renders díkē (G1349), kolázō (G2849), timōréō (G5097), châsak (H2820), yâçar (H3256), râʻaʻ (H7489)
“remember”
“count”
“officer”
“reckon”
“sum”
“lay up”
also renders thēsaurízō (G2343), châçan (H2630), nᵉchath (H5182), tsâphan (H6845)
“overseer”
also renders epískopos (G1985), pâqîyd (H6496)
“miss”
also renders châṭâʼ (H2398)
“visit”
also renders episképtomai (G1980)
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
303 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 21:6 · HVqp3ms
But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
1 Chronicles 23:24 · HR/Vqsmpc/Sp3mp
These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of Yahweh’s house, from twenty years old and upward.
1 Chronicles 26:32 · HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3mp
His relatives, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers’ households, whom King David made overseers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.
1 Kings 11:28 · HC/Vhw3ms
The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.
1 Kings 14:27 · HC/Vhp3ms
King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who guarded the door of the king’s house.
1 Kings 20:15 · HC/Vqw3ms
Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two. After them, he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
1 Kings 20:26 HC/Vqw3ms1 Kings 20:27 HVup3cp1 Kings 20:39 HVNa1 Samuel 2:21 HVqp3ms1 Samuel 11:8 HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp1 Samuel 13:15 HC/Vqw3ms1 Samuel 14:17 HC/Vqw3mp1 Samuel 15:2 HVqp1cs1 Samuel 15:4 HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp1 Samuel 17:18 HVqi2ms1 Samuel 20:6 HVqa1 Samuel 20:18 HC/VNq2ms1 Samuel 20:25 HC/VNw3ms1 Samuel 20:27 HC/VNw3ms1 Samuel 25:7 HVNp3ms1 Samuel 25:15 HVqp1cp1 Samuel 25:21 HVNp3ms1 Samuel 29:4 HVhp2ms/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 12:10 HC/Vhp3ms2 Chronicles 23:14 HVqsmpc2 Chronicles 25:5 HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 34:10 HTd/VHsmpa2 Chronicles 34:12 HVHsmpa2 Chronicles 34:17 HTd/VHsmpa2 Chronicles 36:23 HVqp3ms2 Kings 3:6 HC/Vqw3ms2 Kings 5:24 HC/Vqw3ms2 Kings 7:17 HVhp3ms2 Kings 9:34 HVqv2mp2 Kings 10:19 HVNi3ms2 Kings 11:15 HVqsmpc2 Kings 12:11 HTd/Vqsmpa2 Kings 22:5 HTd/VHsmpa2 Kings 22:9 HTd/VHsmpa2 Kings 25:22 HC/Vhw3ms2 Kings 25:23 HVhp3ms2 Samuel 2:30 HC/VNw3mp2 Samuel 3:8 HC/Vqw2ms2 Samuel 18:1 HC/Vqw3ms2 Samuel 24:2 HC/Vqv2mp2 Samuel 24:4 HR/VqcAmos 3:2 HVqi1csAmos 3:14 HC/Vqq1csDeuteronomy 5:9 HVqrmsaDeuteronomy 20:9 HC/Vqq3cpEsther 2:3 HC/Vhj3msExodus 3:16 HVqaExodus 4:31 HVqp3msExodus 13:19 HVqaExodus 20:5 HVqrmsaExodus 30:12 HR/VqcExodus 30:13 HTd/VqsmpaExodus 30:14 HTd/VqsmpaExodus 32:34 HC/Vqq1cs
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