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פֶּגֶר H6297
H6297 is the Hebrew word פֶּגֶר, transliterated peger and said peh'gher. The King James Version most often renders it carcases.
What it means
a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image.
Where it comes from
from H6296 (פָּגַר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 21 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: carcase, corpse, dead body.
Verses using פֶּגֶר
All 20 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 15:11 · KJV
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Leviticus 26:30 · KJV
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
Numbers 14:29 · KJV
Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
Numbers 14:32 · KJV
But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
Numbers 14:33 · KJV
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
1 Samuel 17:46 · KJV
This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
2 Kings 19:35 · KJV
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
2 Chronicles 20:24 · KJV
And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
2 Chronicles 20:25 · KJV
And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
Isaiah 14:19 · KJV
But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
Isaiah 34:3 · KJV
Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
Isaiah 66:24 · KJV
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Jeremiah 31:40 · KJV
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
Jeremiah 33:5 · KJV
They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
Jeremiah 41:9 · KJV
Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.
Ezekiel 6:5 · KJV
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Ezekiel 43:7 · KJV
And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
Ezekiel 43:9 · KJV
Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
Amos 8:3 · KJV
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
Nahum 3:3 · KJV
The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
Common questions
What does Strong's H6297 mean?
H6297 is the Hebrew word פֶּגֶר (peger), meaning a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image.
How is H6297 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it carcases (7 times), dead bodies (5 times), you your carcases (1 time), until your carcases (1 time), corpses (1 time), among others.
How many times does H6297 appear in the Bible?
פֶּגֶר (peger) is tagged in 20 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6297 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6296 (פָּגַר).
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