Strong's H6583 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: פַּשְׁחוּר (Pashchûwr)

Pronunciation: pash-khoor'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Pashur = "freedom"

Derivation: probably from פָּשַׁח (pâshach) [H6582]; liberation;

Definition: Pashchur, the name of four Israelites

KJV Renderings: Pashur.

Senses

1. a priest, son of Malchiah and one of the chief princes in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah
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
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
4. father of Gedaliah; probably the same as 1
5. head of a family of returned exiles

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.