Pakhdan (פחדן) means frightened in Hebrew.
It can also mean coward and fearful. It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
frightened, coward, fearful
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Pakhdan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מפחד או חושש תדיר.
The word Pakhdan is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- פַּחְדָן
- Written without vowel points
- פחדן
- Said
- pakhdan
- Root
- פ־ח־ד
- Pattern
- קַטְלָן
- Plural
- פַּחְדָנִים
- Feminine form
- פַּחְדָנִית
- Inflections
- ר' פַּחְדָנִים, נ' פַּחְדָנִית, נ"ר פַּחְדָנִיּוֹת; פַּחְדַן־
- Gematria
- 142
This is how Pakhdan is said in other languages.
- English
- frightened, coward, fearful
- Arabic
- جبان
- Russian
- испу́ганный
- French
- peureux
- Spanish
- miedoso
- German
- furchtsam, Feigling
These words mean nearly the same as Pakhdan.
- בעל פחד
- רך לבב
- שפןhyrax
- מוג לבcoward
- חששן
- משפנפן
- חרד
- פרנואידparanoid
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Pakhdan.
- אמיץ
- גיבורhero
- נועז
- איש חיל
- עשוי לבלי חת
- אמיץ לב
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Pakhdan.
The word Pakhdan comes from the root פ־ח־ד, like these words.
These words come before and after Pakhdan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Pakhdan.
What does Pakhdan (פחדן) mean in Hebrew?
Pakhdan (פחדן) means frightened, coward, and fearful. It is said pakhdan, with the stress on dan.
What is a synonym for Pakhdan (פחדן)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Pakhdan (פחדן) are בעל פחד, רך לבב, שפן, מוג לב, חששן, and משפנפן.
What is the opposite of Pakhdan (פחדן)?
Words that mean the opposite of Pakhdan (פחדן) are אמיץ, גיבור, נועז, איש חיל, עשוי לבלי חת, and אמיץ לב.
What rhymes with Pakhdan (פחדן)?
Words that rhyme with Pakhdan (פחדן) include זמן, חמצן, מימן, לבן, עניין, and פחמן.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry פחדן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.