פַּחַת pachath

Hebrew · Strong's H6354 · pronounced pakh'-ath · used 10 times in 8 verses

Meaning

a pit, especially forcatching animals

In the King James Version: hole, pit, snare.

Derivation: probably from an unused root apparently meaning to dig;

2 Samuel 17:9 Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
2 Samuel 18:17 They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
Isaiah 24:17 Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
Isaiah 24:18 Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Jeremiah 48:28 Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
Jeremiah 48:43 Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:44 “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
Lamentations 3:47 Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.