Word study

Pass

11 Hebrew and 12 Greek words behind this English word

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: pass, passed, passing, passes. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

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How often each original word is translated “pass” or one of its forms.

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

  • עָבַר âbarpass over, through, by, pass ontranslated this way 128 times of its 542 uses · Strong’s H5674Verb  ·  Translated: pass 62, crossed 57, cross 52, passed 35

    Genesis 15:17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.

    Exodus 12:12 On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

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  • בּוֹא bôcome in, come, go in, gotranslated this way 12 times of its 2,442 uses · Strong’s H935Verb  ·  Translated: come 358, came 298, bring 209, brought 201Full study and all 2,217 verses →
  • הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 6 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb  ·  Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151Full study and all 2,573 verses →
  • פָּסַח pâsachpass or spring overtranslated this way 4 times of its 7 uses · Strong’s H6452Verb  ·  Translated: pass 3, passed 1, became lame 1, waver 1

    Exodus 12:13 The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

    Isaiah 31:5 Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”

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  • חֲלַף chălaphpasstranslated this way 4 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H2499Verb  ·  Translated: pass 4

    Daniel 4:16 Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.

    Daniel 4:23 And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’

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  • הָלַךְ hâlakgo, come, walktranslated this way 3 times of its 1,461 uses · Strong’s H1980Verb  ·  Translated: go 338, went 173, walk 116, Come 84Full study and all 1,299 verses →
  • יָצָא yâtsâgo or come outtranslated this way 2 times of its 1,035 uses · Strong’s H3318Verb  ·  Translated: brought 108, went 103, go 82, came 78

    Joshua 19:27 then turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.

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  • מַעֲבָר maăbârford, pass, passingtranslated this way 2 times of its 11 uses · Strong’s H4569Noun  ·  Translated: fords 6, ford 2, pass 2, stroke 1

    1 Samuel 13:23 And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.

    1 Samuel 14:4 Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.

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  • יָד yâdhandtranslated this way 2 times of its 1,403 uses · Strong’s H3027Noun  ·  Translated: hand 664, hands 349, through 64, power 22Full study and all 1,290 verses →
  • עָשָׂה âsâhdo, maketranslated this way 2 times of its 2,478 uses · Strong’s H6213Verb  ·  Translated: done 292, made 265, make 143, did 112Full study and all 2,206 verses →
  • שָׁפַט shâphaṭjudge, governtranslated this way 2 times of its 199 uses · Strong’s H8199Verb  ·  Translated: judge 81, judges 35, judged 15, vindicate 7

    Ezekiel 22:2 “As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations

    Ezekiel 23:36 Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

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Greek words (New Testament)

  • παρέρχομαι parérchomaiI pass bytranslated this way 20 times of its 28 uses · Strong’s G3928Verb  ·  Translated: pass away 10, pass 5, disappear 2, never pass away 2

    Matthew 5:18 For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

    Mark 6:48 He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,

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  • διέρχομαι diérchomaiI pass through, spread a reporttranslated this way 16 times of its 41 uses · Strong’s G1330Verb  ·  Translated: passed 7, traveled 5, passing 4, cross 3

    Matthew 12:43 When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

    Mark 10:25 It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

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  • γίνομαι gínomaiI come into being, am borntranslated this way 5 times of its 544 uses · Strong’s G1096Verb  ·  Translated: become 58, came 42, became 34, happened 28

    Luke 1:20 And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”

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  • παράγω parágōI pass by, depart, pass awaytranslated this way 5 times of its 10 uses · Strong’s G3855Verb  ·  Translated: passing 3, went 2, passing away 2, walking 1

    Matthew 20:30 And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

    Mark 15:21 Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.

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  • παραπορεύομαι paraporeúomaiI go pasttranslated this way 4 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s G3899Verb  ·  Translated: passed 3, passing 1, walking back 1

    Matthew 27:39 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

    Mark 2:23 One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.

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  • παραδίδωμι paradídōmiI hand over, deliver, betraytranslated this way 4 times of its 119 uses · Strong’s G3860Verb  ·  Translated: betray 19, handed 19, delivered 10, hand 9

    1 Corinthians 11:2 Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

    2 Peter 2:21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

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  • ἀπέρχομαι apérchomaiI come or go away from, depart, returntranslated this way 4 times of its 114 uses · Strong’s G565Verb  ·  Translated: went 30, go 21, went away 19, left 5

    Revelation 9:12 The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.

    Revelation 11:14 The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly.

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  • πληρόω plēróōI fill, fulfill, completetranslated this way 3 times of its 85 uses · Strong’s G4137Verb  ·  Translated: fulfilled 25, fulfill 13, filled 13, complete 8

    Acts 7:30 After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

    Acts 9:23 After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,

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  • κρίνω krínōI judge, decide, think goodtranslated this way 3 times of its 114 uses · Strong’s G2919Verb  ·  Translated: judge 43, judged 12, judges 7, decided 5

    Romans 2:1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

    Romans 2:3 So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?

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  • ἀντιπαρέρχομαι antiparérchomaiI pass oppositetranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s G492Verb  ·  Translated: passed by on the other side 2Full study and all 2 verses →
  • διαγίνομαι diagínomaiI pass, elapse timetranslated this way 2 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G1230Verb  ·  Translated: passed 2, was over 1Full study and all 3 verses →
  • εἰσέρχομαι eisérchomaiI go in, come in, entertranslated this way 2 times of its 189 uses · Strong’s G1525Verb  ·  Translated: enter 54, entered 38, went 22, come 11Full study and all 178 verses →
How to study a word well
  1. Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
  2. Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
  3. Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
  4. Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
  5. See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
  6. Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
  7. Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.

Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.