Pashhur

Pashhur, a priest who opposed Jeremiah and was renamed Magor-missabib, meaning "terror on every side.".
MaleDivided Monarchy eraOld Testament1 book5 verses

Summary

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jeremiah 20:1; referred to as Pashhur (פַּשְׁחוּר) or Side (מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב).

Glossary entries

Pashhur, Pashur Magor-Missabib

Alternative names

Mentions

Includes 1 verse that refer to Pashhur without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

  1. Jeremiah 20:1פַּשְׁחוּר · Pashhur
    When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
  2. Jeremiah 20:2פַּשְׁחוּר · Pashhur
    …he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
  3. Jeremiah 20:3מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב · Magor-missabib; פַּשְׁחוּר · Pashhur
    The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
  4. Jeremiah 20:4Referred to, not named
    For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.
  5. Jeremiah 20:6פַּשְׁחוּר · Pashhur
    And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”