Midvash

פָּגַעpâgaʻ

meet, encounter, reach

Pronunciation: paw-gah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6293

Meanings

Qal

1. meet, light upon (1 Samuel 10:5; Exodus 5:20; Amos 5:19)

2. meet, with kindness (Isaiah 64:5; Isaiah 47:3)

3. encounter, with hostility (Joshua 2:16; Judges 8:21; Judges 15:12)

4. encounter, with request (Jeremiah 7:16; Job 21:15; Jeremiah 27:18)

5. strike, touch (Joshua 16:7; Joshua 19:11; Joshua 19:22)

Hiph`il

1. cause to light upon (Isaiah 53:6)

2. cause one, to entreat (Jeremiah 15:11)

3. make entreaty (Jeremiah 36:25; Isaiah 53:12; Isaiah 59:16)

4. make attack (Job 36:32)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 46 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 23:8 and said, “Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar
  • Genesis 28:11 At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep.
  • Genesis 32:1 As Jacob started on his way again, angels of God came to meet him.
  • Exodus 5:3 But Aaron and Moses persisted. “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they declared. “So let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness so we can offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. If we don’t, he will kill us with a plague or with the sword.”
  • Exodus 5:20 As they left Pharaoh’s court, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who were waiting outside for them.
  • Exodus 23:4 “If you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey that has strayed away, take it back to its owner.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).