Quick Definition
beat
Strong's Definition
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
Derivation: or (feminine) פַּעֲמָה; from H6470 (פָּעַם);
KJV Usage: anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, [idiom] now, (this) [phrase] once, order, rank, step, [phrase] thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
TWOT Reference: 1793a
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
פַּ֫עַם (pa.am) — beat. 1) stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence 1a) foot, hoof-beat, footfall, footstep 1b) anvil 1c) occurrence, time, stroke, beat 1c1) one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now...now, at one time...at another
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · פעם
People | ≈ רֶגֶל
foot = the lower part of the leg beyond the ankle, on which humans or animals stand and with which they walk
Move
footstep, hoofbeat = the act or movement of putting one foot in front of the other in walking
Act
steps literally: footstep, used exclusively in a figurative way to denote part of one's journey through life; hence: = something that is being done and, when God is the agent, something that other people ought to do as well; at the same time one can easily slip and fall, which is a metaphor for failure
PSA 17:5 · PSA 57:7 · PSA 85:14 · PSA 119:133 · PSA 140:5 · PRO 29:5
Furnishings
foot literally: foot; hence: = one of the four bottom corners of a square object
Buildings
tier literally: foot; hence: = one of a series of beams or entire stories placed one above the other
Tools
anvil literally: foot; hence: = a heavy piece of metal that served as a base for hammering and shaping other pieces of metal
Circumstantial Referents
time, instance literally: foot; hence: = a single instance in a range of repeated events
GEN 2:23 · GEN 18:32 · GEN 27:36 · GEN 29:34 · GEN 29:35 · GEN 30:20 · GEN 33:3 · GEN 41:32 · GEN 43:10 · EXO 8:28 · EXO 9:14 · EXO 9:27 · EXO 10:17 · EXO 23:17 · EXO 34:23 · EXO 34:24 · LEV 4:6 · LEV 4:17 · LEV 8:11 · LEV 14:7 · LEV 14:16 · LEV 14:27 · LEV 14:51 · LEV 16:14 · LEV 16:19 · LEV 25:8 · NUM 14:22 · NUM 19:4 · NUM 20:11 · NUM 24:1 · NUM 24:1 · NUM 24:10 · DEU 1:11 · DEU 9:19 · DEU 10:10 · DEU 16:16 · JOS 6:3 · JOS 6:4 · JOS 6:11 · JOS 6:14 · JOS 6:15 · JOS 6:15 · JOS 6:16 · JOS 10:42 · JDG 6:39 · JDG 6:39 · JDG 15:3 · JDG 16:15 · JDG 16:18 · JDG 16:20 · JDG 16:20 · JDG 16:28 · JDG 20:30 · JDG 20:30 · JDG 20:31 · JDG 20:31 · 1SA 3:10 · 1SA 3:10 · 1SA 18:11 · 1SA 20:25 · 1SA 20:25 · 1SA 20:41 · 1SA 26:8 · 2SA 17:7 · 2SA 23:8 · 2SA 24:3 · 1KI 9:25 · 1KI 11:9 · 1KI 17:21 · 1KI 18:43 · 1KI 22:16 · 2KI 4:35 · 2KI 5:10 · 2KI 5:14 · 2KI 13:18 · 2KI 13:19 · 2KI 13:19 · 2KI 13:25 · 1CH 11:11 · 1CH 21:3 · 2CH 8:13 · 2CH 18:15 · NEH 4:6 · NEH 6:4 · NEH 6:5 · NEH 13:20 · JOB 19:3 · JOB 33:29 · PSA 106:43 · PRO 7:12 · PRO 7:12 · ECC 6:6 · ECC 7:22 · ISA 66:8 · JER 10:18 · JER 16:21 · NAM 1:9
Temporal Referents
this time, now literally: this time; hence: = a reference to the actual time when a particular event takes place
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פַּ֫עַם 118 n.f. beat, foot, anvil, occurrence base