Lexical Definition

‎פָּקִיד‎ pâqîyd (paw-keed') overseer ^H:N-M
from ‎פָּקַד‎

which had the charge, governor, office, overseer, (that) was set.

• a superintendent (civil, military or religious)

1) commissioner, deputy, overseer, officer

See Greek: ἐπιστάτης

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פָּקִיד‎ noun masculine commissioner, deputy, overseer; — absolute ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Jer 20:1 +; construct ‎פְּקִיד‎ 2Chr 24:11; Neh 11:22 suffix ‎פְּקִידוֺ‎ Judg 9:28 plural ‎פְּקִדִים‎ Gen 41:34; Jer 29:26, ‎פְּקִידִים‎ 2Chr 31:13; Esth 2:3 — commissioner, for special duty Gen 41:34 (E), Esth 2:3 permanent deputy of king Judg 9:28, of priest 2Chr 24:11, of Levites 2Chr 31:13 overseer, one in charge of men, with ‎עַל‎ of soldiers 2Kgs 25:19 = Jer 52:25, Benjamites Neh 11:9, priests vNeh 11:14 absolute, without ‎עַל‎, Jer 29:26 (of priest in temple, reading ‎פָּקִיד‎ Vrss. Gie), compare Jer 20:1 (see ‎נָגִיד‎ 3); with suffix of Levites Neh 11:22, singers Neh 12:42.

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