Bible Dictionary

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 ther…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

MA'GOR-MIS'SABIB (terror on every side), a symbolical name given by Jeremiah, Jer 20:3, to the priest Pashuu, which article see.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

fear on every side