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פֶּ֫שַׂעStrong’s H6587

pesa (pe-sa)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Pesa is the Hebrew word usually translated “about a step”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.”
1 Samuel 20:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. Step
How it's translated
  • about a step 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Samuel 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    פֶּ֫שַׂע pesa · step

    step

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “step” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    STEP, verb intransitive

    [Gr., the foot. The sense is to set, as the foot, or move probably to open or part, to stretch or extend.]

    1. To move the foot; to advance or recede by a movement of the foot or feet; as, to step forward, or to step backward.
    2. To go; to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.
    3. To walk gravely, slowly or resolutely.
    4. To walk or advance into a place or state; or to advance suddenly in
    All definitions and other forms of “step”
    1. To enter for a short time.
    2. To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon suddenly; as, to step into an estate.

    STEP, verb transitive

    1. To set, as the foot.
    2. To fix the foot of a mast in the keel; to erect.

    STEP, noun

    [G., to form a step or ledge.]

    1. A pace; an advance or movement made by one removal of the foot.
    2. One remove in ascending or descending; a stair.
    3. The space passed by the foot in walking or running.
    4. A small space or distance.
    5. The distance between the feet in walking or running.
    6. Gradation; degree.
    7. Progression; act of advancing.
    8. Footstep; print or impression of the foot; track.
    9. Gait; manner of walking.
    10. Proceeding; measure; action.
    11. The round of a ladder.
    12. Steps in the plural, walk; passage.
    13. Pieces of timber in which the foot of a mast is fixed.

    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.