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פָּקִיד

𐤐𐤒𐤉𐤃

pâqîyd

H6496 noun

SILEX Entry

Root פקד to appoint, to charge with responsibility, to muster, to oversee

Definition

An appointed official, supervisor, administrator, or overseer in a formal capacity. Refers to a person entrusted with responsibility or authority in civil, military, or sacred contexts, often designated by higher authority. The term can encompass roles such as administrator, steward, muster officer, or official charged with oversight.

Semantic Range

appointed official, overseer, administrator, steward, officer, supervisor, one charged with a specific task or office

Root / Etymology

Derived from the root פקד (p-q-d), meaning 'to attend to, observe, appoint, muster, assign responsibility.' פָּקִיד is a noun form denoting 'one who is appointed, one charged with a task or office.' The lexical meaning is specific to an individual in a designated post or official function.

Historical & Contextual Notes

פָּקִיד appears mainly in later books of the Hebrew Bible (especially Chronicles, Jeremiah, Nehemiah), often describing officials—civilian, military, or cultic—who are entrusted with oversight by the central authority. The term conveys a sense of formal appointment rather than inherited office. It differs in nuance from terms like שַׂר (sar, 'commander, chief'), which suggests nobility or high rank, and שׁוֹפֵט (shofet, 'judge'), which connotes judicial authority. In later periods (post-exilic texts), פָּקִיד may refer to functionaries under foreign imperial administration as well as local Israelite officials. English translations sometimes restrict the term to 'officer' or 'overseer,' but its range includes officials with varying scopes of responsibility, both high and low. In Greek translations, often rendered as ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos, 'overseer'), which later develops religious connotations outside the original meaning. The word reflects organizational developments in Judahite and early Judean governance, with no direct correspondence to later ecclesiastical offices.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from פָּקַד; a superintendent (civil, military or religious); which had the charge, governor, office, overseer, (that) was set.

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Root Family

פקד (p-q-d) — to appoint, to attend to, to oversee, to muster, to assign responsibility

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H4662 מִפְקָד at mustering-of
H4663 מִפְקָד the appointed-muster site
H6485 פָּקַד I will appoint
H6486 פְּקֻדָּה their appointed oversight
H6487 פִּקָּדוֹן in an entrusted deposit

Word Forms

7 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H6496-04 פְּקִדִ֖ים peqidim HNcmpa overseers appointed officials 4
H6496-01 פָקִ֣יד faqid HNcmsa overseer appointed overseer 3
H6496-07 וּ/פְקִ֤יד ufeqid HC/Ncmsc and officer and appointed official of 2
H6496-05 פְּקִיד֑/וֹ peqido HNcmsc/Sp3ms his officer his appointed overseer 1
H6496-02 הַ/פָּקִֽיד hapaqid HTd/Ncmsa the overseer the appointed overseer 1
H6496-03 פָּקִ֣יד paqid HNcmsa was their overseer appointed overseer 1
H6496-06 וּ/פָקִ֣יד ufaqid HC/Ncmsa and overseer and appointed official 1

Occurrences in Scripture

13 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H6496-04 Genesis 41:34 פְּקִדִ֖ים peqidim HNcmpa overseers appointed officials
H6496-05 Judges 9:28 פְּקִיד֑/וֹ peqido HNcmsc/Sp3ms his officer his appointed overseer
H6496-01 2 Kings 25:19 פָקִ֣יד faqid HNcmsa overseer appointed overseer
H6496-01 Jeremiah 20:1 פָקִ֥יד faqid HNcmsa chief appointed overseer
H6496-04 Jeremiah 29:26 פְּקִדִים֙ peqidim HNcmpa overseers appointed officials
H6496-01 Jeremiah 52:25 פָקִ֣יד faqid HNcmsa overseer appointed overseer
H6496-04 Esther 2:3 פְּקִידִים֮ peqidim HNcmpa officers appointed officials
H6496-03 Nehemiah 11:9 פָּקִ֣יד paqid HNcmsa was their overseer appointed overseer
H6496-06 Nehemiah 11:14 וּ/פָקִ֣יד ufaqid HC/Ncmsa and overseer and appointed official
H6496-07 Nehemiah 11:22 וּ/פְקִ֤יד ufeqid HC/Ncmsc and overseer and appointed official of
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