Pakhus (פחוס) means snub in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
פָּחוּס
pakhus
adjective
In English
snub
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Pakhus.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שצורתו אינה מושלמת, כאילו נמעך. בדר"כ עיגול הדומה לאליפסה.
The word Pakhus is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- פָּחוּס
- Written without vowel points
- פחוס
- Said
- pakhus
- Root
- פ־ח־ס
- Pattern
- קָטוּל
- Feminine form
- פְּחוּסָה ר' פְּחוּסִים ר"נ פְּחוּסוֹת
- Inflections
- נ' פְּחוּסָה ר' פְּחוּסִים ר"נ פְּחוּסוֹת
- Gematria
- 154
This is how Pakhus is said in other languages.
- English
- snub
These words mean nearly the same as Pakhus.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Pakhus.
- מוארך
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Pakhus in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Pakhus.
What does Pakhus (פחוס) mean in Hebrew?
Pakhus (פחוס) means snub. It is said pakhus, with the stress on pa.
What is a synonym for Pakhus (פחוס)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Pakhus (פחוס) are סגלגל, אובלי, and מעוך.
What is the opposite of Pakhus (פחוס)?
Words that mean the opposite of Pakhus (פחוס) are מוארך.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry פחוס of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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