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PASHHUR.—1. A son of Malchiah, a prince of Judæa in the time of Jeremiah (Jer_21:1), who was opposed to the prophet (Jer_38:1-13). Perhaps he is the father of Gedaliah (Jer_38:1), and likely identical with Pashhur, mentioned in 1Ch_9:12, Neh_11:12, as the ancestor of Adalah. 2. The son of Immer, a Temple official and priest, who caused Jeremiah to be beaten and put in the stocks after he had predicted the fall of Jerusalem. The prophet told him his name was not Pashhur (probably ‘peace,’ lit. ‘staying on every side’) but Magormissabib (‘terror [or perhaps wandering] round about’), and added that he would die in Babylon (Jer_20:1-6). Perhaps he was the father of Gedaliah (Jer_38:1). 3. The father of the Gedaliah mentioned in Jer_38:1, and may be either 1 or 2, or neither. 4. The head of a priestly family, ‘the sons of Pashhur’ mentioned in Ezr_2:38, Neh_7:41, Ezr_10:22, 1Es_5:25 (Phassurus) 1Es_9:22 (Phaisur). 5. A priest who signed the covenant with Nehemiah, probably identical with 4, or used of the clan as a whole (Neh_10:3).
W. F. Boyo.