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Lexicon :: Strong's H6471 - paʿam

Aa
פַּעַם
Transliteration
paʿam
Pronunciation
pah'-am
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1793a

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
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).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
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.
STRONGS H6471: Abbreviations
פַּ֫עַם 118 noun feminineEx 8:28 (masculine only Judges 16:23 [text suspicious, see GFM AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 76 KöSynt. § 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; —
1.
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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:23; 2:23; 18:32; 27:36; 29:34; 29:35; 30:20; 33:3; 41:32; 46:30; 46:30

Exodus

8:28; 8:28; 9:14; 9:27; 10:17; 25:12; 25:12; 37:3

Numbers

14:22; 24:1

Deuteronomy

1:11; 9:19; 10:10

Joshua

6:3; 6:11; 6:14; 10:42

Judges

5:28; 5:28; 6:39; 6:39; 15:3; 16:18; 16:20; 16:23; 16:28; 20:30; 20:31

1 Samuel

3:10; 20:25

2 Samuel

23:8; 23:8; 24:3

1 Kings

7:30; 7:30; 7:34; 22:16

2 Kings

13:19; 19:24

1 Chronicles

21:3

2 Chronicles

18:15

Nehemiah

4:6; 6:4; 6:5; 13:20

Job

19:3; 33:29

Psalms

17:5; 57:7; 57:7; 58:11; 74:3; 106:43; 119:113; 119:133; 140:5

Proverbs

7:12; 29:5

Ecclesiastes

7:22

Song of Songs

7:2

Isaiah

26:6; 37:25; 41:7

Nahum

1:9

H6471

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6471 matches the Hebrew פַּעַם (paʿam),
which occurs 118 times in 108 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Jdg 16:20–Sng 7:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:20 - Then she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!”
When he woke up, he thought, “I will do as before and shake myself free.” But he didn’t realize the LORD had left him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 - Then Samson prayed to the LORD, “Sovereign LORD, remember me again. O God, please strengthen me just one more time. With one blow let me pay back the Philistines for the loss of my two eyes.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:30 - They went out on the third day and took their positions at the same place as before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - When the men of Benjamin came out to attack, they were drawn away from the town. And as they had done before, they began to kill the Israelites. About thirty Israelites died in the open fields and along the roads, one leading to Bethel and the other leading back to Gibeah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:10 - And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!”
And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:11 - and he suddenly hurled it at David, intending to pin him to the wall. But David escaped him twice.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:25 - He sat at his usual place against the wall, with Jonathan sitting opposite him[fn] and Abner beside him. But David’s place was empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - As soon as the boy was gone, David came out from where he had been hiding near the stone pile.[fn] Then David bowed three times to Jonathan with his face to the ground. Both of them were in tears as they embraced each other and said good-bye, especially David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8 - “God has surely handed your enemy over to you this time!” Abishai whispered to David. “Let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t need to strike twice!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7 - “Well,” Hushai replied to Absalom, “this time Ahithophel has made a mistake.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:8 - These are the names of David’s mightiest warriors. The first was Jashobeam the Hacmonite,[fn] who was leader of the Three[fn]—the three mightiest warriors among David’s men. He once used his spear to kill 800 enemy warriors in a single battle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God let you live to see a hundred times as many people as there are now! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:4 - On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5 - All the doorways and doorposts[fn] had rectangular frames and were arranged in sets of three, facing each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:30 - Each of these carts had four bronze wheels and bronze axles. There were supporting posts for the bronze basins at the corners of the carts; these supports were decorated on each side with carvings of wreaths.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:25 - Three times each year Solomon presented burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD. He also burned incense to the LORD. And so he finished the work of building the Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:9 - The LORD was very angry with Solomon, for his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - And he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this child’s life return to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:43 - Then he said to his servant, “Go and look out toward the sea.”
The servant went and looked, then returned to Elijah and said, “I didn’t see anything.”
Seven times Elijah told him to go and look.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:16 - But the king replied sharply, “How many times must I demand that you speak only the truth to me when you speak for the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35 - Elisha got up, walked back and forth across the room once, and then stretched himself out again on the child. This time the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10 - But Elisha sent a messenger out to him with this message: “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River. Then your skin will be restored, and you will be healed of your leprosy.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:14 - So Naaman went down to the Jordan River and dipped himself seven times, as the man of God had instructed him. And his skin became as healthy as the skin of a young child’s, and he was healed!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:18 - Then he said, “Now pick up the other arrows and strike them against the ground.” So the king picked them up and struck the ground three times.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:19 - But the man of God was angry with him. “You should have struck the ground five or six times!” he exclaimed. “Then you would have beaten Aram until it was entirely destroyed. Now you will be victorious only three times.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:25 - Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz recaptured from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the towns that had been taken from Jehoash’s father, Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad on three occasions, and he recovered the Israelite towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:24 - I have dug wells in many foreign lands
and refreshed myself with their water.
With the sole of my foot
I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - Here is the record of David’s mightiest warriors: The first was Jashobeam the Hacmonite, who was leader of the Three—the mightiest warriors among David’s men.[fn] He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3 - But Joab replied, “May the LORD increase the number of his people a hundred times over! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this? Are they not all your servants? Why must you cause Israel to sin?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:13 - He offered the sacrifices for the Sabbaths, the new moon festivals, and the three annual festivals—the Passover celebration, the Festival of Harvest,[fn] and the Festival of Shelters—as Moses had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:15 - But the king replied sharply, “How many times must I demand that you speak only the truth to me when you speak for the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:12 - The Jews who lived near the enemy came and told us again and again, “They will come from all directions and attack us!”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:4 - Four times they sent the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:5 - The fifth time, Sanballat’s servant came with an open letter in his hand,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:20 - The merchants and tradesmen with a variety of wares camped outside Jerusalem once or twice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:3 - You have already insulted me ten times.
You should be ashamed of treating me so badly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29 - “Yes, God does these things
again and again for people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:5 - My steps have stayed on your path;
I have not wavered from following you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 - My enemies have set a trap for me.
I am weary from distress.
They have dug a deep pit in my path,
but they themselves have fallen into it.
Interlude

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 - The godly will rejoice when they see injustice avenged.
They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:3 - Walk through the awful ruins of the city;
see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:13 - Righteousness goes as a herald before him,
preparing the way for his steps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - Again and again he rescued them,
but they chose to rebel against him,
and they were finally destroyed by their sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 - Guide my steps by your word,
so I will not be overcome by evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - O LORD, keep me out of the hands of the wicked.
Protect me from those who are violent,
for they are plotting against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 - She is often in the streets and markets,
soliciting at every corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:5 - To flatter friends
is to lay a trap for their feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:6 - He might live a thousand years twice over but still not find contentment. And since he must die like everyone else—well, what’s the use?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:22 - For you know how often you yourself have cursed others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:1 - [fn]How beautiful are your sandaled feet,
O queenly maiden.
Your rounded thighs are like jewels,
the work of a skilled craftsman.

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