Strong's H6583 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: פַּשְׁחוּר (Pashchûwr)

Pronunciation: pash-khoor'

POS: pash-khoor' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: probably from ; liberation;

Definition: probably from פָּשַׁח; liberation; Pashchur, the name of four Israelites; Pashur.

KJV Usage: Pashur.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Pashur = "freedom"
• 2. 1) a priest, son of Malchiah and one of the chief princes in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah
• 3. 2) a priest, son of Immer, chief governor of the temple, and the one who struck and then put the prophet Jeremiah into the stocks in the reign of king Jehoiakim of Judah
• 4. 3) son of Malchijah, father of Zechariah, and ancestor of Adaiah who did the work of the temple in the time of Nehemiah. Probably same as 1
• 5. 4) father of Gedaliah; probably the same as 1
• 6. 5) head of a family of returned exiles

Blue Letter Bible entry