Pashur is a name associated with several individuals in the Old Testament, primarily within the context of the priesthood and prophetic narratives. The name Pashur is of Hebrew origin, meaning "freedom" or "splitter." The most notable figures bearing this name are found in the books of Jeremiah and Chronicles.

1. Pashur son of Immer: This Pashur is a priest and chief officer in the house of the LORD during the time of the prophet Jeremiah. He is most prominently mentioned in Jeremiah 20. Pashur son of Immer is known for his opposition to Jeremiah. When Jeremiah prophesied the coming destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity of Judah, Pashur had him beaten and put in stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the LORD's temple (Jeremiah 20:1-2). The next day, upon releasing Jeremiah, the prophet declared that the LORD had renamed Pashur as "Magor-missabib," meaning "terror on every side," prophesying that Pashur and his friends would be taken captive to Babylon, where he would die and be buried (Jeremiah 20:3-6).

2. Pashur son of Malchijah: Another Pashur, identified as the son of Malchijah, is mentioned in Jeremiah 21:1 and 38:1. He was one of the officials who heard Jeremiah's prophecies and sought to have him put to death, accusing him of demoralizing the soldiers and the people by speaking against the city during the Babylonian siege. This Pashur, along with others, had Jeremiah thrown into a cistern, where he sank into the mud (Jeremiah 38:6). He is also listed among those who returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 7:41).

3. Pashur in the Post-Exilic Period: The name Pashur appears in the genealogies and lists of priests and Levites who returned from the Babylonian exile. In 1 Chronicles 9:12, a Pashur is mentioned among the priests living in Jerusalem. Additionally, Ezra 2:38 and Nehemiah 7:41 list the descendants of Pashur as part of the group that returned to Jerusalem, indicating the continuation of his lineage in the priestly service.

4. Pashur's Descendants: The descendants of Pashur are noted in the context of the reforms of Ezra and Nehemiah. In Ezra 10:22, some of the sons of Pashur are listed among those who had married foreign women, contrary to the Law of Moses, and were required to put away their foreign wives as part of the covenant renewal and reform efforts led by Ezra.

Pashur's interactions with Jeremiah highlight the tension between the prophetic message and the established religious order of the time. His actions against Jeremiah exemplify the resistance faced by prophets who spoke difficult truths to power. The legacy of Pashur, through his descendants, reflects the ongoing challenges and reforms faced by the post-exilic community in maintaining faithfulness to the covenant.Pashur

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(freedom).

1. One of the families of priests of the chief house of Malchijah. (1 Chronicles 9:12; 24:9; Nehemiah 11:12; Jeremiah 21:1; 38:1) In the time of Nehemiah this family appears to have become a chief house, and its head the head of a course. (Ezra 2:38; Nehemiah 7:41; 10:3) The individual from whom the family was named was probably Pushur the son of Malchiah, who in the reign of Zedekiah was one of the chief princes of the court. (Jeremiah 38:1) (B.C. 607.) He was sent, with others, by Zedekiah to Jeremiah at the time when Nebuchudnezzar was preparing his attack upon Jerusalem. (Jeremiah 21:1) ... Again somewhat later Pashur joined with several other chief men in petitioning the king that Jeremiah might be put to death as a traitor. (Jeremiah 38:4)
2. Another person of this name, also a priest, and "chief governor of the house of the Lord," is mentioned in (Jeremiah 20:1) He is described as "the son of Immer." (1 Chronicles 24:14) probably the same as Amariah. (Nehemiah 10:3; 12:2) etc. In the reign of Jehoiakim he showed himself as hostile to Jeremiah as his namesake the son of Malchiah did afterward, and put him in the stocks by the gate of Benjamin. For this indignity to God's prophet Pashur was told by Jeremiah that his name was changed to Magor-missabib (terror on every side) and that he and all his house should be carried captives to Babylon and there die. (Jeremiah 20:1-6) (B.C. 589.)

Pashur

1. The son of Immer, a priest and a chief officer in the temple; he violently opposed the prophet Jeremiah, and persecuted him even with blows and confinement in the stocks; but all recoiled on his own head, Jeremiah 20:1-6.

2. The son of Malchiah, an enemy of Jeremiah, and active in securing his imprisonment, Jeremiah 21:1; 38:1-6. Many descendants of this Pashur returned from captivity at Babylon, 1 Chronicles 9:12; Ezra 2:38.

Release.

(1.) The son of Immer (probably the same as Amariah, Nehemiah 10:3; 12:2), the head of one of the priestly courses, was "chief governor [Hebrews paqid nagid, meaning "deputy governor"] of the temple" (Jeremiah 20:1, 2). At this time the nagid, or "governor," of the temple was Seraiah the high priest (1 Chronicles 6:14), and Pashur was his paqid, or "deputy." Enraged at the plainness with which Jeremiah uttered his solemn warnings of coming judgements, because of the abounding iniquity of the times, Pashur ordered the temple police to seize him, and after inflicting on him corporal punishment (forty stripes save one, Deuteronomy 25:3; Comp. 2 Corinthians 11:24), to put him in the stocks in the high gate of Benjamin, where he remained all night. On being set free in the morning, Jeremiah went to Pashur (Jeremiah 20:3, 5), and announced to him that God had changed his name to Magor-missabib, i.e., "terror on every side." The punishment that fell upon him was probably remorse, when he saw the ruin he had brought upon his country by advising a close alliance with Egypt in opposition to the counsels of Jeremiah (20:4-6). He was carried captive to Babylon, and died there.

(2.) A priest sent by king Zedekiah to Jeremiah to inquire of the Lord (1 Chronicles 24:9; Jeremiah 21:1; 38:1-6). He advised that the prophet should be put to death.

(3.) The father of Gedaliah. He was probably the same as (1).

PASHHUR, PASHUR

pash'-hur, pash'-ur (pashchur, "splitter," "cleaver"): The name of several persons difficult to individuate:

(1) A priest, son of Immer, and "chief governor in the house of the Lord" (Jeremiah 20:1), who persecuted Jeremiah, putting him in "the stocks" hard by the "house of Yahweh" in the "gate of Benjamin" (Jeremiah 20:2). When released, Jeremiah pronounced Divine judgment on him and the people. Future captivity and an exile's death are promised to Pashur whose name he changed from its masterful significance to a cowering one. "Terror on every side" (maghor miccabhibh) is to take the place of "stable strength" (Jeremiah 20:3).

(2) Son of Melchiah, a prince of Judah, and one of the delegation sent by Zedekiah, the king, to consult Jeremiah (Jeremiah 21:1). It looks like a larger and later deputation, similarly sent, to which this Pashur belongs, whose record is given in Jeremiah 38:1-13. Accompanying them was one, Gedaliah, who was a son of (3).

(3) Another Pashur (Jeremiah 38:1), who may be the person mentioned in 1 Chronicles 9:12 Nehemiah 11:12.

(4) A priest, of those who "sealed" Nehemiah's covenant (Nehemiah 10:1, 3), who may, however, be the same as (5).

(5) The chief of a priestly family called "sons of Pashur" (Ezra 2:38; Ezra 10:22 Nehemiah 7:41; 1 Esdras 5:25 ("Phassurus," margin "Pashhur"); 1 Esdras 9:22 ("Phaisur," margin "Pashhur")). Doubtless it is this Pashur, some of whose sons had "strange wives" (Ezra 10:22).

Henry Wallace

6583. Pashchur -- five Israelites
... NASB Word Usage Pashhur (14). Pashur. Probably from pashach; liberation; Pashchur,
the name of four Israelites -- Pashur. see HEBREW pashach. 6582, 6583. ...
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4036. Magor Missabib -- "terror on every side," an expression ...
... Magor-missabib. From magowr and cabiyb with the preposition inserted; affright from
around; Magor-mis-Sabib, a symbolic name of Pashur -- Magor-missabib. ...
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Jeremiah, a Lesson for the Disappointed.
... Then, again, Pashur, the chief governor of the temple, smote him and tortured
him[11]. At another time, the king, Zedekiah, put him in prison[12]. ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon ix jeremiah a lesson.htm

ecce Iterum Crispinus!'
... Jeremiah cursed the priest Pashur, and Isaiah spoke thunder and lightnings
against the drunken, hiccoughing priests of Jerusalem. ...
/.../chapter xliii ecce iterum crispinus.htm

The Third Trumpet.
... find in Jer. C. xx. v.3, 4, "The Lord doth not call thy name Pashur, but
Magor Missabib, (ie fear on every side). "For thus saith ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/the third trumpet.htm

Eutyches and Philip in Profundis
... The fate of Ananias of Bethel, the fate of Pashur of Jerusalem fell on him, and
hunted him pitilessly down the vale of his remaining years. ...
/.../chapter lvi eutyches and philip.htm

The Greater Prophets.
... simplicity of truth, the prophet informs us how the men of Anathoth, his native
place, conspired to take away his life (11:18-23; 12:6); how Pashur, the son of ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxii the greater prophets.htm

Pashur (12 Occurrences)
... of the temple" (Jeremiah 20:1, 2). At this time the nagid, or "governor," of the
temple was Seraiah the high priest (1 Chronicles 6:14), and Pashur was his ...
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Pashhur (12 Occurrences)
... PASHHUR, PASHUR. ... Future captivity and an exile's death are promised to Pashur whose
name he changed from its masterful significance to a cowering one. ...
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Malchiah (10 Occurrences)
... of David (1 Chronicles 24:9). (2.) A priest, the father of Pashur (1 Chronicles
9:12; Jeremiah 38:1). (3.) One of the priests appointed ...
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Melchiah (1 Occurrence)
... mel-ki'-a (malkhiyah, "Yah's king"): A priest and father of Pashur (Jeremiah
21:1 the King James Version); elsewhere and in the Revised Version (British and ...
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Magor-missabib (1 Occurrence)
... Fear on every side, (Jeremiah 20:3), a symbolical name given to the priest Pashur,
expressive of the fate announced by the prophet as about to come upon him. ...
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Magormissabib (1 Occurrence)
... Fear on every side, (Jeremiah 20:3), a symbolical name given to the priest Pashur,
expressive of the fate announced by the prophet as about to come upon him. ...
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Nethaneel (14 Occurrences)
... (KJV DBY WBS YLT). Ezra 10:22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah,
Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. (KJV DBY WBS YLT). ...
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Maasiai (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Chronicles 9:12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of
Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of ...
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Prophesied (57 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Jeremiah 20:1 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief
governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. ...
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