H6455 פִּסֵּחַ (piççêach) pis-say'-akh

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

lame

Strong's Definition

lame

Derivation: from H6452 (פָּסַח);

KJV Usage: lame.

TWOT Reference: 1787a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) lame

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5560

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

פִּסֵּחַ (pis.se.ach) — lame. lame

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

פִּסֵּחַ (H6455)

adj · פסח

Unable

to be lamed = state in which humans or animals are disabled in one of their legs or feet, ► and so have difficulty walking

LEV 21:18 · DEU 15:21 · 2SA 5:6 · 2SA 5:8 · 2SA 5:8 · 2SA 9:13 · 2SA 19:27 · JOB 29:15 · PRO 26:7 · ISA 33:23 · ISA 35:6 · JER 31:8 · MAL 1:8 · MAL 1:13

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פִּסֵּחַ adj. lame base

Bible Occurrences (13)

21:18

15:21

5:6 5:8 9:13 19:26

29:15

26:7

33:23 35:6

31:8

1:8 1:13

Leviticus 21:18

No... man who has any defect may approach — no man who is blind, lame,... disfigured,... or deformed;

Deuteronomy 15:21

But if [an animal] has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

2 Samuel 5:6

Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: You will never get in here. Even... the blind and lame... can repel you. For they thought, David cannot get in here.

2 Samuel 5:8

On that... day [he] said, Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised... by David. That is why... it is said, The blind and the lame will never enter... the palace.

2 Samuel 9:13

So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate... at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.

2 Samuel 19:26

My lord the king, he replied, because [I] am lame, [I] said, I will have my donkey... saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king. But my servant [Ziba] deceived me,

Job 29:15

I [served as] eyes to the blind [and] as feet to the lame.

Proverbs 26:7

Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.