Lexical Definition

‎פַּשְׁחוּר‎ Pashchûwr (pash-khoor') Pashhur ^N:N-M-P
probably from ‎פָּשַׁח‎; liberation

Pashur.

• § Pashur = "freedom"
• Pashchur, the name of four Israelites

1) a priest, son of Malchiah and one of the chief princes in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah
2) a priest, son of Immer, chief governor of the temple, and the one who struck and then put the prophet Jeremiah into the stocks in the reign of king Jehoiakim of Judah
3) son of Malchijah, father of Zechariah, and ancestor of Adaiah who did the work of the temple in the time of Nehemiah. Probably same as 1
4) father of Gedaliah; probably the same as 1
5) head of a family of returned exiles

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.20.1 also translated "Terror on Every Side" at Jer.20.3
• Also named: ma.gor mis.sa.viv (‎מ‎ָ‎גו‎ֹ‎ר‎ ‎מ‎ִ‎ס‎ָּ‎ב‎ִ‎יב‎ "`Terror on Every Side`" מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פַּשְׁחוּר‎ proper name, masculine Πασχωρ, Φα(δα)σσουρ etc.:

1. Jer 20:1; Jer 20:2; Jer 20:3 (twice in verse); Jer 20:6.

2. Jer 21:1; Jer 38:1b Neh 11:12, compare 1Chr 9:12.

3. Neh 10:4*.

4. father of one Gedaliah Jer 38:1a.

5. head of post-exile family Ezra 2:38 = Neh 7:14; Ezra 10:22. compare Mey^{Entstehung 169 f}.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Priest who opposed Jeremiah and was renamed Magor-missabib

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Pashhur, a priest who opposed Jeremiah and was renamed Magor-missabib, meaning "terror on every side."

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.20.1;
• referred to as Pashhur פַּשְׁחוּר, or Terror on Every Side (KJV= Magor-missabib) מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב.

Pashhur was a priest, the son of Immer, who opposed the prophet Jeremiah, according to Jeremiah 20. He held the position of chief officer in the temple. When he heard Jeremiah prophesying that Jerusalem would be destroyed, Pashhur had Jeremiah beaten and put in the stocks. The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah, the prophet told him that God had renamed him Magor-missabib, which means "terror on every side." Jeremiah prophesied that Pashhur and his friends would go into captivity and die in Babylon as punishment for their false prophecies and leading the people astray.

All entries for Pashhur or Magor-missabib: פַּשְׁחוּר ☩ מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב