Person Old Testament
Pashhur
Also known as Pashhur =ESV, NIV; Pashur =KJV, Magor-missabib =KJV; Terror on Every Side =ESV, NIV
Pashhur, a priest who opposed Jeremiah and was renamed Magor-missabib, meaning "terror on every side." Mentioned in 4 verses across 1 book, first at Jeremiah 20:1.
Why it matters. Priest who opposed Jeremiah and was renamed Magor-missabib
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Pashhur
Pashhur was a priest, the son of Immer, who opposed the prophet Jeremiah, according to Jeremiah 20. He held the position of chief officer in the temple. When he heard Jeremiah prophesying that Jerusalem would be destroyed, Pashhur had Jeremiah beaten and put in the stocks. The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah, the prophet told him that God had renamed him Magor-missabib, which means "terror on every side." Jeremiah prophesied that Pashhur and his friends would go into captivity and die in Babylon as punishment for their false prophecies and leading the people astray.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Named in 4 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.