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Magor-missabib

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4036

מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב

ma.gor mis.sa.viv — `Terror on Every Side`

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.20.1; also translated "Terror on Every Side" at Jer.20.3; Another name of pash.chur (פַּשְׁחוּר "Pashhur" H6583I) § Magor-missabib = "terror on every side" the name given Pashur the priest by Jeremiah when Pashur smote him and put him in the stocks for prophesying against the idolatry of Jerusalem

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Historical dictionary entry

Fear on every side, (Jer. 20:3), a symbolical name given to the priest Pashur, expressive of the fate announced by the prophet as about to come upon him. Pashur was to be carried to Babylon, and there die.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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