פָּקַד
“to visit, attend to, appoint, punish”
To attend to, inspect, muster, appoint, visit; used of God visiting His people in gracious deliverance or judicial reckoning of iniquity.
Lexical & Etymological Analysis
Root & Derivation
Primitive root.
Traditional English Renderings (KJV/AV)
Septuagint (LXX) & New Testament Conceptual Bridges
Cross-Testament BridgeHow this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.
LXX conceptual translation: פָּקַד (to visit, attend to, appoint, punish) -> G1980
LXX conceptual translation: פָּקַד (to visit, attend to, appoint, punish) -> ἐπισκοπή (a visiting, visitation, office, charge, office of an)
LXX conceptual translation: פָּקַד (to visit, attend to, appoint, punish) -> ἐπίσκοπος (a watcher, a superintendent, guardian, overseer, a bishop)
Key Biblical Occurrences (6)
Foundational passages where פָּקַד (paqad) carries significant theological or narrative weight.