Bible Names

Pashur: meaning of the name

Pashur means “that extends or multiplies the hole; whiteness.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Pashur in Hebrew and Greek

פַּשְׁחוּר H6583

Pashchûwr (pash-khoor') — Pashchur, the name of four Israelites

probably from H6582 (פָּשַׁח); liberation;

People named Pashur in the Bible

Pashur in Scripture

“Pashur” appears in 12 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 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 Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

  • Ezra 2:38

    The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

  • Ezra 10:22

    And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

  • Nehemiah 7:41

    The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

  • Nehemiah 10:3

    Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,

  • Nehemiah 11:12

    And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 20:2

    Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.