piseach · lame

What it means

piseach (פִּסֵּחַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lame”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A person or animal who cannot walk well.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Leviticus×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• 2 Samuel×4
• Job×1
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×2
• Jeremiah×1
• Malachi×2

• Leviticus 21:18

  For no man who has a defect shall approach: a man who is blind, or lame, or disfigured, or deformed,

• Deuteronomy 15:21

  But if it has a defect, if it is lame or blind, any bad defect, you shall not sacrifice it to YHWH your Elohim.

• 2 Samuel 5:8

  David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusite, let him reach through the channel the lame and the blind, hated by the soul of David.” Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.”

• 2 Samuel 9:13

  So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for at the table of the king he always ate; and he was lame in both his feet.

• 2 Samuel 19:26

  He said, “My lord the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, ‘Let me saddle for myself the donkey, and I will ride on it and go with the king,’ for your servant is lame.

• Job 29:15

  Eyes I was to the blind, and feet to the lame was I.

• Proverbs 26:7

  The legs of the lame hang limp; so is a proverb in the mouth of the senseless.

• Isaiah 33:23

  Your ropes hang loose; they cannot hold firm the base of their mast, they cannot spread out the sail. Then prey, abundant spoil, will be divided; the lame will plunder the plunder.

• Isaiah 35:6

  Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will shout for joy; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and torrents in the Arabah.

• Jeremiah 31:8

  Look, I am bringing them from the land of the north, and I will gather them from the far ends of the earth; among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and the one giving birth together; a great assembly will return here.

• Malachi 1:8

  And when you offer a blind animal to sacrifice, there is no evil; and when you offer the lame and the sick, there is no evil. Present it, then, to your governor: will he accept you, or lift up your face? says YHWH Tsevaot.

• Malachi 1:13

  And you say, “Look, what a hardship!” and you snort at it, says YHWH Tsevaot; and you bring what was stolen, and the lame and the sick, and you bring the offering: shall I accept it from your hand? says YHWH.

And 1 more times.