Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(fear everywhere). Pashur, who imprisoned Jeremiah (Jer. 20:1-3).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Symbolical name given by God through Jeremiah to Pashur the priest who had beaten him and placed him in the stocks (Jer. 20:1-3). In the margin it is “fear round about.” The same Hebrew is translated “fear on every side” in Jeremiah 20:10. God would make Pashur a terror to himself and to all his friends. He had prophesied lies, and should die in Babylon (Jer. 20:6).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from 4032 and 5439 with the preposition inserted; affright from around; Magor-mis-Sabib, a symbolic name of Pashur
KJV Usage:
Magor-missabib
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
fear from around about
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Fear everywhere; terror on every side:―a symbolical name for "Pashur," Jer. 20:3. {Metus undique}