6482. petsa

Strong's Lexicon

petsa: Wound, bruise, injury

Original Word: פֶּצַע
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: petsa
Pronunciation: PET-sah
Phonetic Spelling: (peh'-tsah)
Definition: Wound, bruise, injury
Meaning: a wound

Word Origin: Derived from the root פָּצַע (patsa), meaning "to wound" or "to bruise."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4127 πληγή (plege) - meaning "blow" or "wound"

- G5134 τραῦμα (trauma) - meaning "wound" or "injury"

Usage: The Hebrew word "petsa" refers to a physical wound or injury, often implying a bruise or a mark left by a blow. It is used in the context of physical harm and can also metaphorically describe emotional or spiritual wounds.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, physical wounds were significant not only for their immediate impact on health but also for their ritual implications. Wounds could render a person ceremonially unclean, affecting their participation in religious activities. The concept of wounds also extended to spiritual and moral dimensions, where sin and disobedience were seen as causing spiritual "wounds" that needed healing through repentance and divine intervention.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from patsa
Definition
a bruise, wound
NASB Translation
bruises (1), wound (3), wounding (1), wounds (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מֶּ֫צַע noun masculine^{Proverbs 27:6} bruise, wound; — absolute ׳פ Exodus 21:25; Isaiah 1:6 (figurative), Proverbs 20:30 מָּ֑צַע Exodus 21:25; suffix מִּצְעִי Genesis 4:23; plural מְּצָעִים Proverbs 23:29; figurative also construct מִּצְעֵי Proverbs 27:6 and suffix מְּצָעַי Job 9:17.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

wounding

From patsa'; a wound -- wound(-ing).

see HEBREW patsa'

Forms and Transliterations

לְפִצְעִ֔י לפצעי פְּצָעִ֣ים פְצָעַ֣י פִּצְעֵ֣י פֶּ֖צַע פֶּ֥צַע פֶּ֭צַע פָּ֑צַע פצע פצעי פצעים fetzaAi lə·p̄iṣ·‘î lefitzI ləp̄iṣ‘î pā·ṣa‘ pāṣa‘ Patza pe·ṣa‘ p̄ə·ṣā·‘ay pə·ṣā·‘îm peṣa‘ p̄əṣā‘ay pəṣā‘îm Petza petzaIm piṣ‘ê piṣ·‘ê pitzEi

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 4:23
HEB: אִ֤ישׁ הָרַ֙גְתִּי֙ לְפִצְעִ֔י וְיֶ֖לֶד לְחַבֻּרָתִֽי׃
NAS: a man for wounding me; And a boy
KJV: a man to my wounding, and a young man
INT: I have killed wounding boy striking

Exodus 21:25
HEB: תַּ֣חַת כְּוִיָּ֔ה פֶּ֖צַע תַּ֣חַת פָּ֑צַע
NAS: burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise
KJV: for burning, wound for wound,
INT: Thahash burn wound Thahash wound

Exodus 21:25
HEB: פֶּ֖צַע תַּ֣חַת פָּ֑צַע חַבּוּרָ֕ה תַּ֖חַת
NAS: wound for wound, bruise
KJV: wound for wound, stripe
INT: wound Thahash wound bruise Thahash

Job 9:17
HEB: יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי וְהִרְבָּ֖ה פְצָעַ֣י חִנָּֽם׃
NAS: And multiplies my wounds without cause.
KJV: and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
INT: bruises and multiplies my wounds without

Proverbs 20:30
HEB: חַבֻּר֣וֹת פֶּ֭צַע [תַּמְרִיק כ]
NAS: Stripes that wound scour away evil,
KJV: The blueness of a wound cleanseth
INT: Stripes wound bright evil

Proverbs 23:29
HEB: שִׂ֗יחַ לְ֭מִי פְּצָעִ֣ים חִנָּ֑ם לְ֝מִ֗י
NAS: Who has wounds without cause?
KJV: who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause?
INT: babbling Who has wounds without Who

Proverbs 27:6
HEB: נֶ֭אֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵ֣י אוֹהֵ֑ב וְ֝נַעְתָּר֗וֹת
NAS: Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
KJV: Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend;
INT: Faithful are the wounds of a friend deceitful

Isaiah 1:6
HEB: בּ֣וֹ מְתֹ֔ם פֶּ֥צַע וְחַבּוּרָ֖ה וּמַכָּ֣ה
NAS: sound in it, [Only] bruises, welts
KJV: [there is] no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises,
INT: There sound it bruises welts wounds

8 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6482
8 Occurrences

p̄ə·ṣā·‘ay — 1 Occ.
lə·p̄iṣ·‘î — 1 Occ.
pā·ṣa‘ — 1 Occ.
pe·ṣa‘ — 3 Occ.
pə·ṣā·‘îm — 1 Occ.
piṣ·‘ê — 1 Occ.