Pass, Passage, Passenger
Pass, Passage, Passenger
pas, pasaj, pasen-jer: To pass bears different meanings and corresponds to various words in Hebrew and Greek. It occurs frequently in the phrase and it came to pass (literally, and it was). This is simply a Hebrew idiom linking together the different paragraphs of a continuous narrative. As a rule pass renders the Hebrew word , abhar. This verb has various meanings, e.g. to pass over a stream (Gen 31:21); to cross a boundary (Num 20:17); to pass through, or traverse, a country (Num 21:22); to pass on (Gen 18:5); to pass away, cease to exist (Job 30:15). The word is used metaphorically, to pass over, overstep, transgress (Num 14:41). In the causative form the verb is used in the phrase to cause to pass through fire (Deu 18:10; 2Ki 16:3). In the King James Version pass sometimes has the force of surpass, exceed, e.g. 2Ch 9:22, King Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom; compare also Eph 3:19, the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, and Phi 4:7, the peace of God, which passeth all understanding.
Passage in the King James Version renders , maabhar, or , maabharah. The former word denotes (1) the ford of a river (Gen 32:23 King James Version margin); (2) the pass of a mountain range (1Sa 13:23). In the only other instance of the use of the shorter form (Isa 30:32 margin), the King James Version renders where the grounded staff shall pass. A more correct translation would be, and every sweep (or stroke) of the appointed staff. The longer form bears both meanings, namely, ford (e.g. Jos 2:7; Jdg 3:28, etc.) and pass (1Sa 14:4; Isa 10:29). In Jos 22:11, the rendering ‘towards the region opposite the children of Israel’ would be more correct than the King James Version, at the passage of the children of Israel. In English Versions of the Bible of Num 20:21 passage seems to mean right of way, and renders the infinitive of the Hebrew verb. In Jer 22:20 the King James Version the word rendered passage should be translated from Abarim (as in the Revised Version (British and American)), a mountain range in Moab, Northeast of the Dead Sea.
Passenger in the King James Version means a passer-by. In Eze 39:11, Eze 39:14, Eze 39:15 where the word occurs 4 times in the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) translates them that pass through.