פָּחָז, (preced.; cmp. אָרְכֵיסְטֵיס as expl. of רֵיק; v. Jud. IX, 4) heedless person, dancer, jumper.—Pl. פָּחָזִים, פָּחוֹזִ׳. Yalk. Gen. 157 (ref. to פחז, Gen. XLIX, 4) נדמתה לפ׳ המקפיצים thou becamest like the dancers that jump; Gen. R. s. 98 [read:] נעשית כפ׳ שנשתברו שוקיהן׃ כמים רבנן וכ׳ thou becamest like acrobats whose legs are broken (by falling); [כמים belonging to the succeeding sentence as text word].