Lexical Definition

‎פָּסֵחַ‎ Pâçêach (paw-say'-akh) Paseah ^N:N-M-P
from ‎פָּסַח‎; limping

Paseah, Phaseah.

• § Paseah or Phaseah = "limper"
• Paseach, the name of two Israelites

1) son of Eshton of the tribe of Judah
2) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
3) father of Jehoiada, one who helped repair the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.6
• father of: Joiada (יוֹיָדָע)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פַּסֵחַ‎ proper name, masculine (limper); —

1. in Judah 1Chr 4:12, Βεσσηε, Φεσση, etc.

2. head of post-exilic family Ezra 2:49 = Neh 7:51, Φισον, etc., ᵐ5^L Φασσα.

3. father of wall-builder Neh 3:6, Φασεκ, Φεσσε.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned builder • Father of Joiada, who repaired the Old Gate

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Paseah the father of Joiada (or 'Jehoiada'), who helped repair the Old Gate of Jerusalem.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.6;
• only referred to as Paseah פָּסֵחַ;
• father of Joiada יוֹיָדָע.

Paseah was the father of Joiada (or 'Jehoiada'), who worked on repairing the Old Gate during the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem, according to Nehemiah 3:6. Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate, laying its beams and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. The Old Gate was one of the gates in Jerusalem's wall north of the temple. Paseah is not mentioned apart from being named as Jehoiada's father.

All entries for Paseah: פָּסֵחַ

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• Joiada (child)