Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
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, Jer 20:1-6. 2. The son of Malchiah, an enemy of Jeremiah, and active in securing his imprisonment, Jer 21:1; 38:1-6. Many descendants of this Pashur returned from captivity at Babylon, 1Ch 9:12; Ezr 2:38. |