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Pashhur
Pashhur
פַּשְׁחוּר pash.chur
Pashhur (Hebrew: פַּשְׁחוּר, pash.chur) is a biblical name; its Hebrew etymology is not securely established. Five men in scripture bear the name; the best attested is a priest. In United States birth records the name is below the reporting threshold. Appears with Adaiah in 1 Chronicles 9.
Which Pashhur?
Five men in scripture bear this name. Here is each of them.
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son of Gedaliah
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Scripture against society
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At a glance
- Verses
- 12 across 4 books
- Bearers
- 5 distinct people in scripture
- Testament
- Old
- Era
- Divided Kingdom
Using it today
In United States birth records this name is below the reporting threshold. The Social Security Administration does not publish counts under five, so a name given to four children looks the same as one given to none.
In scripture
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First appears | 1 Chronicles 9:12 |
| Last appears | Jeremiah 38:1 |
| Cross-references | 196 linked passages |
Names connected to this one
- Malchijah co-occurrence Appears with Malchijah in 1 Chronicles 9.
- Malchiah co-occurrence Appears with Malchiah in Jeremiah 38.
- Jeroham co-occurrence Appears with Jeroham in 1 Chronicles 9.
- Adaiah co-occurrence Appears with Adaiah in 1 Chronicles 9.
- Shelemiah co-occurrence Appears with Shelemiah in Jeremiah 38.
- Shephatiah co-occurrence Appears with Shephatiah in Jeremiah 38.
- Mattan co-occurrence Appears with Mattan in Jeremiah 38.
- Gedaliah co-occurrence Appears with Gedaliah in Jeremiah 38.
Origin & meaning
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.12;
son of: Malchijah (H4441H);
father of: Zechariah (H2148X)
§ Pashur = "freedom"
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
Pashhur, the ancestor of a priestly family that returned from Babylonian exile.
The biblical story
Pashhur was the ancestor of a priestly family that returned to Judah from Babylonian exile. In Ezr.2.38 and Neh.7.41, the descendants of Pashhur are listed among the priests who returned to Jerusalem. 1Ch.9.12 mentions Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, as one of the priests who settled in Jerusalem. Neh.11.12 also lists Adaiah the son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, among the priests living in Jerusalem. In Ezr.10.22, descendants of Pashhur are named among those who had married foreign women, which was a violation of the Law. The Pashhur family was one of the important priestly clans in the post-exilic community in Judah.
Key verses
Pashhur appears in 5 verses. Here are some of the most notable:
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And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
1 Chronicles 9:12 -
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
Ezra 2:38 -
And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
Ezra 10:22 -
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
Nehemiah 7:41 -
And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,
Nehemiah 11:12
Show all 5 references
1 Chronicles (1)
- 1 Chronicles 9:12
Ezra (2)
- Ezra 2:38
- Ezra 10:22
Nehemiah (2)
- Nehemiah 7:41
- Nehemiah 11:12