H6297 פֶּגֶר (peger) peh'gher

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

corpse

Strong's Definition

a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image

Derivation: from H6296 (פָּגַר);

KJV Usage: carcase, corpse, dead body.

TWOT Reference: 1732a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) corpse, carcass, monument, stela

1a) corpse (of man)

1b) carcass (of animals)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2966 G3498 G4098 G4430 G4431 G4983 G5408

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

פֶּ֫גֶר (pe.ger) — corpse. 1) corpse, carcass, monument, stela 1a) corpse (of man) 1b) carcass (of animals)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

פֶּגֶר (H6297)

noun m · פגר

corpse, carcass = body of an animal or human that has died or been killed; ► source of pollution and impurity

GEN 15:11 · LEV 26:30 · LEV 26:30 · NUM 14:29 · NUM 14:32 · NUM 14:33 · 1SA 17:46 · 2KI 19:35 · 2CH 20:24 · 2CH 20:25 · ISA 14:19 · ISA 34:3 · ISA 37:36 · ISA 66:24 · JER 31:40 · JER 33:5 · JER 41:9 · EZK 6:5 · EZK 43:7 · EZK 43:9 · AMO 8:3 · NAM 3:3

noun m

Monuments

monument, memorial = monument erected as a memorial for a dead king

EZK 43:7 · EZK 43:9

¹ EZK 43:7 · EZK 43:9 RSV NJB NJPS NRSV GNT | NIV "lifeless idols" | REB CEV [2] ² EZK 43:7 · EZK 43:9 REB CEV | RSV NJB NJPS NRSV GNT "corpses" = [1] | NIV "lifeless idols" = [1]

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פֶּ֫גֶר n.m. corpse, carcass base

Bible Occurrences (21)

15:11

26:30

14:29 14:32 14:33

17:46

19:35

20:24 20:25

14:19 34:3 37:36 66:24

31:40 33:5 41:9

6:5 43:7 43:9

8:3

3:3

Genesis 15:11

And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

Numbers 14:29

Your bodies will fall in this wilderness— all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age... or older— because you have grumbled against Me.

Numbers 14:32

As for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness.

Numbers 14:33

Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer [for] your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.

1 Samuel 17:46

This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head..., and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.

2 Kings 19:35

And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men......... in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

2 Chronicles 20:24

When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.