פָּקַד
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hebrewOld TestamentVerb303 occurrences28 books269 verses
Definition
a primitive root; to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
Traditional renderings: appoint, × at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, × by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, × surely, visit, want.
Traditional renderings: appoint, × at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, × by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, × surely, visit, want.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders פָּקַד:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
303 total
- 1 Samuel 15:4וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם֙ · and numbered themSo Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
- 1 Samuel 17:18תִּפְקֹ֣ד · CheckTake also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.
- 1 Samuel 20:6פָּקֹ֥ד · misses me at all; יִפְקְדֵ֖נִיIf your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’
- 1 Samuel 20:18וְנִפְקַ֕דְתָּ · and you will be missed; יִפָּקֵ֖ד · will be emptyThen Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
- 1 Samuel 20:25וַיִּפָּקֵ֖ד · was emptyHe sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
- 1 Samuel 20:27וַיִּפָּקֵ֖ד · was still emptyBut on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”
- 1 Samuel 25:7נִפְקַ֤ד · was missingNow I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.
- 1 Samuel 25:15פָקַ֣דְנוּ · of ours went missingYet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.
- 1 Samuel 25:21נִפְקַ֥ד · has gone missingNow David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
- 1 Samuel 29:4הִפְקַדְתּ֣וֹ · you assignedBut the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
- 2 Samuel 2:30וַיִּפָּ֨קְד֜וּ · were missingWhen Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
- 2 Samuel 3:8וַתִּפְקֹ֥ד · you accuseAbner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
- 2 Samuel 18:1וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד · reviewedThen David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
- 2 Samuel 24:2וּפִקְד֖וּ · and registerSo the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
- 2 Samuel 24:4לִפְקֹ֥ד · to registerNevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.
- 1 Kings 11:28וַיַּפְקֵ֣ד · he put him in chargeNow Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.
- 1 Kings 14:27וְהִפְקִ֗יד · and committed [them]Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
- 1 Kings 20:15וַיִּפְקֹ֗ד · So Ahab assembled; פָּקַ֧ד · he assembledSo Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all.
- 1 Kings 20:26וַיִּפְקֹ֥ד · mobilizedIn the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
- 1 Kings 20:27הָתְפָּקְדוּ֙ · also mobilizedThe Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.
- 1 Kings 20:39הִפָּקֵד֙ · for any reason; יִפָּקֵ֔ד · he goes missingAs the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’
- 2 Kings 3:6וַיִּפְקֹ֖ד · and mobilizedSo at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.
- 2 Kings 5:24וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד · and stored themWhen Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.
- 2 Kings 7:17הִפְקִ֨יד · had appointedNow the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.
- 2 Kings 9:34פִּקְדוּ־ · Take care ofThen Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”
- 2 Kings 10:19יִפָּקֵ֗ד · is missing; יִפָּקֵ֖ד · is missingNow, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
- 2 Kings 11:15פְּקֻדֵ֣י · in charge ofAnd Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
- 2 Kings 12:11הַפְּקֻדִים · supervisedThen they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,
- 2 Kings 22:5הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖ים · of the supervisorsAnd let them deliver it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn are to give it to the workmen repairing the damages to the house of the LORD—
- 2 Kings 22:9הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖ים · and supervisorsAnd Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.”
- 2 Kings 25:22וַיַּפְקֵ֣ד · appointedNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
- 2 Kings 25:23הִפְקִ֤יד · had appointedWhen all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
- 1 Chronicles 21:6פָקַ֖ד · includeBut Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
- 1 Chronicles 23:24לִפְקוּדֵיהֶ֗ם · registeredThese were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 26:32וַיַּפְקִידֵ֞ם · appointed themAmong Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.
- 2 Chronicles 12:10וְהִפְקִ֗יד · and committed themThen King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
- 2 Chronicles 23:14פְּקוּדֵ֣י · in charge ofAnd Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, saying, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:5וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֗ם · And he numberedThen Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.
- 2 Chronicles 34:10הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖ים · of those supervisingThey put it into the hands of those supervising the work in the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 34:12מֻ֠פְקָדִים · overseeing themAnd the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,
- 2 Chronicles 34:17הַמֻּפְקָדִ֔ים · of the supervisorsThey have paid out the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have put it into the hands of the supervisors and workers.”
- 2 Chronicles 36:23פָקַ֤ד · has appointed“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”
- Ezra 1:2פָקַ֤ד · has appointed“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
- Nehemiah 7:1וַיִּפָּֽקְד֛וּ · were appointedWhen the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
- Nehemiah 12:44וַיִּפָּקְד֣וּ · were appointedAnd on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.