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It conveys the idea of a hidden danger or a situation that can lead to downfall or calamity.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, pits and traps were commonly used for hunting animals or capturing enemies. The imagery of a pit or trap in the Bible often symbolizes the cunning and deceitful nature of sin and the consequences of falling into moral or spiritual danger. The concept of a pit also reflects the physical and existential threats faced by individuals in biblical times, such as being thrown into a literal pit or experiencing a metaphorical fall from grace.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a pit<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>caves (1), chasm (1), pit (7), pitfall (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">מַּ֫חַת</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>2Samuel 18:17</sup> (in <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/17-9.htm">2 Samuel 17:9</a> read <font class="hebrew2">בְּאַחַד</font>) <font size="+1"><b>pit</b></font>; — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">פ</font> absolute <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48-43.htm">Jeremiah 48:43</a> +, <font class="hebrew2">מָּ֑חַת</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48-28.htm">Jeremiah 48:28</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">מְּחָתִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/17-9.htm">2 Samuel 17:9</a>; — <em>pit</em>, <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/17-9.htm">2 Samuel 17:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/18-17.htm">2 Samuel 18:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48-28.htm">Jeremiah 48:28</a> (Gie question text); figurative of calamity <font class="hebrew2">וָפָ֑ח</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מַּחַד וָפ</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48-43.htm">Jeremiah 48:43</a> compare <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48-44.htm">Jeremiah 48:44</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48-44.htm">Jeremiah 48:44</a> = <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/24-17.htm">Isaiah 24:17</a> compare <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/24-18.htm">Isaiah 24:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/24-18.htm">Isaiah 24:18</a> and <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3-47.htm">Lamentations 3:47</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>hole, pit, snare <p>Probably from an unused root apparently meaning to dig; a pit, especially for catching animals -- hole, pit, snare. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַפְּחָתִ֔ים הַפַּ֔חַת הַפַּ֣חַת הפחת הפחתים וָפַ֖חַת וָפַ֛חַת ופחת פָֽחַת׃ פחת׃ Fachat hap·pa·ḥaṯ hap·pə·ḥā·ṯîm hapPachat happaḥaṯ happechaTim happəḥāṯîm p̄ā·ḥaṯ p̄āḥaṯ vaFachat wā·p̄a·ḥaṯ wāp̄aḥaṯ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/2_samuel/17-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Samuel 17:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נֶחְבָּא֙ בְּאַחַ֣ת <b> הַפְּחָתִ֔ים </b> א֖וֹ בְּאַחַ֣ד</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_samuel/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in one <span class="itali">of the caves</span> or<br><a href="/kjvs/2_samuel/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> now in some <span class="itali">pit,</span> or in some<br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/17-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> hidden one <span class="itali">of the caves</span> or another<p><b><a href="/text/2_samuel/18-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Samuel 18:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/18.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בַיַּ֙עַר֙ אֶל־ <b> הַפַּ֣חַת </b> הַגָּד֔וֹל וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_samuel/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> him into a deep <span class="itali">pit</span> in the forest<br><a href="/kjvs/2_samuel/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> him into a great <span class="itali">pit</span> in the wood,<br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/18-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the forest about <span class="itali">pit</span> A deep and erected<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/24-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 24:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> פַּ֥חַד <b> וָפַ֖חַת </b> וָפָ֑ח עָלֶ֖יךָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Terror <span class="itali">and pit</span> and snare Confront<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Fear, <span class="itali">and the pit,</span> and the snare,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/24-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Terror <span class="itali">and pit</span> and snare Confront<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/24-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 24:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יִפֹּ֣ל אֶל־ <b> הַפַּ֔חַת </b> וְהָֽעוֹלֶה֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will fall <span class="itali">into the pit,</span> And he who climbs<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall fall <span class="itali">into the pit;</span> and he that cometh up<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/24-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will fall into <span class="itali">the pit</span> climbs of the midst<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/24-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 24:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהָֽעוֹלֶה֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ <b> הַפַּ֔חַת </b> יִלָּכֵ֖ד בַּפָּ֑ח</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And he who climbs <span class="itali">out of the pit</span> will be caught<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> out of the midst <span class="itali">of the pit</span> shall be taken<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/24-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> climbs of the midst <span class="itali">of the pit</span> will be caught the snare<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/48-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 48:28</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּעֶבְרֵ֥י פִי־ <b> פָֽחַת׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/48.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Beyond the mouth <span class="itali">of the chasm.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/48.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the sides <span class="itali">of the hole's</span> mouth.<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Beyond the mouth <span class="itali">of the chasm</span><p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/48-43.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 48:43</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> פַּ֥חַד <b> וָפַ֖חַת </b> וָפָ֑ח עָלֶ֛יךָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/48.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Terror, <span class="itali">pit</span> and snare<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/48.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Fear, <span class="itali">and the pit,</span> and the snare,<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48-43.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Terror <span class="itali">pit</span> and snare and<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/48-44.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 48:44</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יִפֹּ֣ל אֶל־ <b> הַפַּ֔חַת </b> וְהָֽעֹלֶה֙ מִן־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/48.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Will fall <span class="itali">into the pit,</span> And the one who climbs<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/48.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall fall <span class="itali">into the pit;</span> and he that getteth up<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48-44.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will fall into <span class="itali">the pit</span> climbs out<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/48-44.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 48:44</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהָֽעֹלֶה֙ מִן־ <b> הַפַּ֔חַת </b> יִלָּכֵ֖ד בַּפָּ֑ח</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/48.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And the one who climbs <span class="itali">up out of the pit</span> Will be caught<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/48.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and he that getteth up <span class="itali">out of the pit</span> shall be taken<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/48-44.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> climbs out <span class="itali">of the pit</span> Will be caught the snare<p><b><a href="/text/lamentations/3-47.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Lamentations 3:47</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> פַּ֧חַד <b> וָפַ֛חַת </b> הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/lamentations/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Panic <span class="itali">and pitfall</span> have befallen<br><a href="/kjvs/lamentations/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Fear <span class="itali">and a snare</span> is come upon us, desolation<br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3-47.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Panic <span class="itali">and pitfall</span> have befallen Devastation<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6354.htm">10 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6354.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6354<br>10 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/fachat_6354.htm">p̄ā·ḥaṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/happachat_6354.htm">hap·pa·ḥaṯ — 5 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/happechatim_6354.htm">hap·pə·ḥā·ṯîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vafachat_6354.htm">wā·p̄a·ḥaṯ — 3 Occ.</a><br><br /><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> 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