פָּשָׂה
pa.sah
to spread
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew term "pa.sah" (H6581) translates to "to spread." This verb falls under the semantic domain of physical action, indicating its primary function in describing motions or distributions. In its various occurrences within the Bible, "pa.sah" encompasses a range of meanings related to spreading, such as scattering, casting, or pouring. The data shows that "pa.sah" is used 22 times in the Bible, demonstrating its versatility in describing different physical actions. The consistency of its definition and usage across these passages underscores its significance as a precise term for conveying specific physical movements. The significance of "pa.sah" in the biblical narrative is two-fold. First, it highlights the dynamic nature of creation and the physical world, where God and agents interact with their surroundings through various forms of motion. Second, the term's repetitive use in different contexts suggests its importance in biblical thought, perhaps as a fundamental aspect of understanding God's relationship with the world and humanity's place within it.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
22 total occurrences across the text
If it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a plague.
Leviticus 13:22If it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a plague.
Leviticus 13:23But if the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn’t spread, it is the scar from the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
Leviticus 13:5The priest shall examine him on the seventh day. Behold, if in his eyes the plague is arrested and the plague hasn’t spread in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.
Leviticus 13:6The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day. Behold, if the plague has faded and the plague hasn’t spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is a scab. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
Leviticus 13:7But if the scab spreads on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again.
Leviticus 13:7But if the scab spreads on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again.
Leviticus 13:8The priest shall examine him; and behold, if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.
Leviticus 13:27The priest shall examine him on the seventh day. If it has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:27The priest shall examine him on the seventh day. If it has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:28If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn’t spread in the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the scar from the burn.
Leviticus 13:32On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if the itch hasn’t spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn’t deeper than the skin,
Leviticus 13:34On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and behold, if the itch hasn’t spread in the skin, and its appearance isn’t deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes and be clean.
Leviticus 13:35But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,
Leviticus 13:35But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,
Leviticus 13:36then the priest shall examine him; and behold, if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest shall not look for the yellow hair; he is unclean.
Leviticus 13:51He shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew. It is unclean.
Leviticus 13:53“If the priest examines it, and behold, the plague hasn’t spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin;
Leviticus 13:55Then the priest shall examine it, after the plague is washed; and behold, if the plague hasn’t changed its color, and the plague hasn’t spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire. It is a mildewed spot, whether the bareness is inside or outside.
Leviticus 14:39The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the plague has spread in the walls of the house,
Leviticus 14:44then the priest shall come in and look; and behold, if the plague has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew in the house. It is unclean.
Leviticus 14:48“If the priest shall come in, and examine it, and behold, the plague hasn’t spread in the house, after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.