How to Pronounce Magor-missabib

MAY-gor-MIS-uh-bib

Magor-missabib is pronounced MAY-gor-MIS-uh-bib (ˌmeɪɡɔːrˈmɪsəbɪb): five syllables, stress on the first and third.

What does Magor-missabib mean?

Magor-missabib means “fear on every side”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

What is Magor-missabib?

Fear on every side, (Jer. 20:3), a symbolical name given to the priest Pashur, expressive of the fate announced by the prophet as about to come upon him. Pashur was to be carried to Babylon, and there die.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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