פָּגַע
pâgaʻ · paw-gah'
to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: come (betwixt), cause to entreat, fall (upon), make intercession, intercessor, intreat, lay, light (upon), meet (together), pray, reach, run.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to carry, to lift up › to see and know
To speak, the word that works to carry, to lift up that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּגַע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
46 occurrences · 46 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and reacheth4 · 11%
- met2 · 6%
- when he meeteth2 · 6%
- and reached2 · 6%
- thou, and fall2 · 6%
- and he fell2 · 6%
- and fall2 · 6%
- and fell2 · 6%
- me, and intreat1 · 3%
- and he lighted1 · 3%
- lest he fall1 · 3%
- and they met1 · 3%
- if thou meet1 · 3%
- meet1 · 3%
- and came1 · 3%
- and they met together1 · 3%
- reacheth1 · 3%
- unto me, that ye will not fall upon1 · 3%
- run1 · 3%
- intreat1 · 3%
- that they meet1 · 3%
- that thou shalt meet1 · 3%
- to fall1 · 3%
- fall1 · 3%
- who fell1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.