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.21.1
• son of: Malchiah (מַלְכִּיָּה)

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 • Son of Malchiah • Priest sent by Zedekiah to inquire of Jeremiah

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Pashhur, a priest King Zedekiah sent to inquire of Jeremiah.

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.21.1;
• only referred to as Pashhur פַּשְׁחוּר;
• a son of Malchiah מַלְכִּיָּה.

Pashhur son of Malchiah was a priest during the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, according to Jeremiah 21:1 and 38:1. When Jerusalem was under attack by the Babylonians, Zedekiah sent Pashhur and Zephaniah the priest to ask Jeremiah to inquire of the Lord for them, hoping for a miraculous deliverance. Later, Pashhur was among the officials who heard Jeremiah's message that the people should surrender to the Babylonians and urged the king to put Jeremiah to death for demoralizing the people. Pashhur's actions show him to be opposed to Jeremiah's prophetic message.

All entries for Pashhur: פַּשְׁחוּר

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• Malchiah (father)