Strong's Definition
to hop, i.e. (figuratively) skip over (or spare); by implication, to hesitate; also (literally) to limp, to dance
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: halt, become lame, leap, pass over.
TWOT Reference: 1786,1787
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פָּסַח (pa.sach) — to pass. 1) to pass over, spring over 1a) (Qal) to pass over 1b) (Piel) to skip, pass over
פָּסַח (pa.sach) — to limp. 1) to limp 1a) (Qal) to limp 1b) (Niphal) to be lame 1c) (Piel) to limp
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · פֶּסַח · פִּסֵּחַ
Unable | verb nif
to be lamed = state in which humans are disabled in one of their legs or feet, ► and so have difficulty walking
Move | verb pi
to hop around literally: to be lamed; hence: = action by which humans move about unevenly, ◄ as if they are disabled in one of their legs or feet
Non-Engage | verb qal
to pass over, to spare literally: to skip over; hence: = action by which supernatural beings pass by a certain location without engaging in the activity for which they have come
Think | verb qal
Collocation: פסח עַל־שְׁתֵי סְעִפִּים
to limp, to hobble literally: to limp on two opinions; = process by which humans are unable to waver between two opinions and unable to make up their minds, ◄ as someone who walks on two unequally sized legs is unable to make good progress
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פָּסַח vb. pass or spring over base
[פָּסַח] vb. limp Qal fig.
Niph. and he fell and was made limping (lame).
Pi. they went limping (along by the altar)
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