Lexicon :: Strong's H6471 - paʿam

פַּעַם

Transliteration

paʿam

Pronunciation

pah'-am

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From פָּעַם (H6470)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1793a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

פַּעַם paʻam, pah'-am; or (feminine) פַּעֲמָה paʻămâh; from H6470; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow):—anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, × now, (this) once, order, rank, step, thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 112x

The KJV translates Strong's H6471 in the following manner: ...time (58x), once (14x), now (7x), feet (6x), twice (5x), thrice (with H7969) (4x), steps (4x), corners (3x), ranks (2x), oftentimes (2x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 112x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence
1. foot, hoof-beat, footfall, footstep
2. anvil
3. occurrence, time, stroke, beat
  1. one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now...now, at one time...at another

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H6471: Abbreviations

פַּ֫עַם ₁₁₈ noun feminine^{Ex 8:28} (masculine only Judges 16:23 [text suspicious, see GFM Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 76} Kö^{Synt. § 248m}], 2 Samuel 23:8 [< Qr feminine], 1 Kings 7:30 [corrupt, see below]) beat, foot, anvil, occurrence; — absolute מ׳ Genesis 2:23 +; פָּ֑עַם Genesis 46:30 +; dual פַּעֲמַיִם Genesis 27:36 +, etc.; plural פְּעָמִים Genesis 33:3 +; also (concrete) construct פַּעֲמֵי Judges 5:28 +; suffix פְּעָמַי Psalm 57:7; Psalm 119:133, etc.; פַּעֲמֹתָיו (only 1c) Exodus 25:12 + 2 times; —

a. in poetry, hoof-beat Judges 5:28; late, of human footfall, footstep, figurative Psalm 17:5 (|| אֲשׁוּרַי), Psalm 119:113; פְּעָמָיו לְדֶרֶךְ וְיָשֵׂם Psalm 85:14.

b. foot, figurative, Psalm 57:7; Psalm 58:11; Psalm 74:3; Psalm 140:5; Proverbs 29:5; literal Isaiah 26:6 (|| רֶגֶל), Songs 7:2; בְּכַף פ׳ 2 Kings 19:24 = Isaiah 37:25.

c. foot, of ark Exodus 25:12; Exodus 37:3 (P). — פַּעֲמֹתָיו 1 Kings 7:30 read פִּנִוֹתָיו (compare 1 Kings 7:34).

2. = anvil (struck by hammer) Isaiah 41:7.

3. occurrence, time (originally stroke, beat):

a. אֶחָ֑ת מ׳ [אַחַת] one time, once Joshua 6:3, 11, 14 (JE), Joshua 10:42 (D) + 3 times +2 Samuel 23:8 Qr (>Kt אחד); פַּעֲמָ֑יִם twice Genesis 41:32 + 6 times; פ׳ Nahum 1:9 second time; אַרְבַּע פ׳ Nehemiah 6:4 four times; חָמֵשׁ אוֺ שֵׁשׁ פ׳ 2 Kings 13:19, compare מ׳ חֲמִישִׁית Nehemiah 6:5; also with שָׁלשׁ, שֶׁבַע, which see; עֶשֶׂר פ׳ (וֶה) Numbers 14:22 (JE) Nehemiah 4:6; Job 19:3, all indefinite = over and over; indefinite also וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם פַּעַם Nehemiah 13:20 once and [i.e. or] twice; שָׁלוֺשׁ פַּעֲמַיִם Job 33:29 twice (or) thrice; מֵאָה פְעָמִים 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, אֶלֶף פ׳ Deuteronomy 1:11; רַבּוֺת פ׳ Psalm 106:43; Ecclesiastes 7:22; עַדכַּֿמֶּה פְעָמִים 1 Kings 22:16 2 Chronicles 18:15.

b. כְּפַעַםבְּֿפַעַם as time on time, i.e. as formerly, as usual, Numbers 24:1 (E) Judges 16:20; Judges 20:30, 31; 1 Samuel 3:10 (compare Dr) 1 Samuel 20:25.

c. בַּפַּעַם (גַּם) הַוּאֹת at this repetition (this time) also Exodus 8:28; Exodus 9:14 (J) + 3 times; הַהִוא בַּפּ׳גַּם Deuteronomy 9:19; Deuteronomy 10:10.

d. הַפַּעַם (Hexateuch only J):

(1) = this once Genesis 18:32, הַפּ׳אַךְ Exodus 10:17; Judges 6:39, רַק־הַפּ׳ Judges 6:39, הַזֶּה הַפּ׳אךְ Judges 16:28 (הַזֶּה dubious, see above);

(2) = now at lenth Genesis 2:23; Genesis 29:34, 35; Genesis 30:20; Genesis 46:30; Judges 15:3; Judges 16:18, compare also Exodus 9:27 now at length (it is clear that) I have sinned.

e. פָּ֑עַם ֗֗֗ פַּעַם Proverbs 7:12 now... now, at one time... at another.

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