פָּקַד

Strong’s Definition

to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

appoint, [idiom] at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, [idiom] by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, [idiom] surely, visit, want.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(v) to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(n m pl abstr) musterings, expenses
• 5.(piel) to muster, call up
• 6.(pual) to be passed in review, be caused to miss, be called, be called to account
• 7.(hiphil)
• 8.(hophal)
• 9.(hithpael) numbered
• 10.(hothpael) numbered

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: pâqad; Pronunciation: paw-kad'