To trouble
פָּעַםStrong’s H6470paam (pa-am)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Paam is the Hebrew word usually translated “it was troubled”, “stir him” and “was troubled”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.”
Meaning
- To thrust, impel, push, beat persistently(Qal) to impel · (Niphal) to be beaten, be disturbed · (Hithpael) to be disturbed
How it's translated
- and it was troubled 3
- to stir him 1
- i was troubled 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 2
- Genesis 1
- Judges 1
- Psalms 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:3In contextAnd the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
- Genesis 41:8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
- Judges 13:25And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- Psalms 77:4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Hebrew dictionary
פָּעַם paam · to trouble
1) to thrust, impel, push, beat persistently 1a) (Qal) to impel 1b) (Niphal) to be beaten, be disturbed 1c) (Hithpael) to be disturbed
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “trouble” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TROUBLE, verb transitive
trub'l. [Latin turbo; turba, a crowd, and perhaps trova, a turn. The primary sense is to turn or to stir, to whirl about, as in Latin turbo, turbinis, a whirlwind. Hence the sense of agitation, disturbance.
- To agitate; to disturb; to put into confused motion.“An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water” John 5:4
- To disturb; to perplex.
- To afflict; to grieve; to distress.“Those that trouble me, rejoice when I am moved” Psalms 13:4
- To busy; to cause to be much engaged or anxious.“Martha, thou art careful, and troubled about many things” Luke 10:41
All definitions and other forms of “trouble”
- To tease; to vex; to molest.
- To give occasion for labor to.
- To sue for a debt.
TROUBLE, noun
trub'l. Disturbance of mind; agitation; commotion of spirits; perplexity; a word of very extensive application.
- Affliction; calamity.“He shall deliver thee in six troubles” Job 5:19“Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles” Psalms 25:22
- Molestation; inconvenience; annoyance.
- Uneasiness; vexation.
- That which gives disturbance, annoyance or vexation; that which afflicts.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.