פָּגַשׁpâgash

meet, encounter

Pronunciation: paw-gash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6298

Meanings

Qal: meet (Genesis 33:8; Isaiah 34:14; Genesis 32:18)

Niph`al: meet together, each other (Proverbs 22:2; Proverbs 29:13; Psalms 85:11)

Pi`el: they keep encountering darkness (Job 5:14)

Where it appears

Appears 14 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 32:17 He gave these instructions to the men leading the first group: “When my brother, Esau, meets you, he will ask, ‘Whose servants are you? Where are you going? Who owns these animals?’
  • Genesis 33:8 “And what were all the flocks and herds I met as I came?” Esau asked. Jacob replied, “They are a gift, my lord, to ensure your friendship.”
  • Exodus 4:24 On the way to Egypt, at a place where Moses and his family had stopped for the night, the Lord confronted him and was about to kill him.
  • Exodus 4:27 Now the Lord had said to Aaron, “Go out into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So Aaron went and met Moses at the mountain of God, and he embraced him.
  • 1 Samuel 25:20 As she was riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming toward her.
  • 2 Samuel 2:13 About the same time, Joab son of Zeruiah led David’s troops out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. The two groups sat down there, facing each other from opposite sides of the pool.
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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).