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פֶּה
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peh
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masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 1738

Strong’s Definitions

פֶּה peh, peh; from H6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to:—accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 498x

The KJV translates Strong's H6310 in the following manner: mouth (340x), commandment (37x), edge (35x), according (22x), word (15x), hole (6x), end (3x), appointment (2x), portion (2x), tenor (2x), sentence (2x), miscellaneous (32x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 498x
The KJV translates Strong's H6310 in the following manner: mouth (340x), commandment (37x), edge (35x), according (22x), word (15x), hole (6x), end (3x), appointment (2x), portion (2x), tenor (2x), sentence (2x), miscellaneous (32x).
  1. (peh) mouth

    1. mouth (of man)

    2. mouth (as organ of speech)

    3. mouth (of animals)

    4. mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc)

    5. extremity, end

  2. (pim) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1 Sa. 13:21

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פֶּה peh, peh; from H6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to:—accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word.
STRONGS H6310: Abbreviations
פֶּה485 noun masculineJoshua 9:2 mouth (probably biliteral [פו, פי] Sta§ 183; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician לפי according to; Assyrian , mouth; Arabic bdb080405, bdb080406, bdb080407; Ethiopic bdb080408; Syriac bdb080409 according to; but also Arabic bdb080410, bdb080411, bdb080412, Biblical Aramaic פֻּם, Targum פּוּמָא; Syriac bdb080413; Mandean פומאM § 87); — absolute פ׳ Exodus 4:10 +, construct פִּי Isaiah 1:20 +; suffix 1st person singular פִּי Genesis 45:12 +, 2nd person masculine singular פִּיךָ Genesis 41:40 +, 3rd person masculine singular פִּיו Genesis 25:28 +, פּיהוּ Exodus 4:15 +, 3rd person masculine plural פּיהֶם Judges 7:6 +, פִּימוֹ Psalm 17:10 + 2 times, etc.; plural פִּיּוֹת Proverbs 5:4,
[H6366 (שְׁנֵי) פֵיוֹת Judges 3:16],
[H6374 פִּיפִיּוֹת Isaiah 41:15; Psalm 149:6];
פִּים 1 Samuel 13:21 (corrupt, see Dr and others); —
1.
a. mouth, of man, organ of eating and drinking Genesis 25:28; Judges 7:6; 1 Samuel 14:26, 1 Samuel 14:27; Nehemiah 9:20; Proverbs 19:24 = Proverbs 26:15 +; figurative as finding things sweet Job 20:12; Psalm 119:103; figurative of earth Genesis 4:11, swallowing Korah, etc. Numbers 16:30, Numberse 16:32; Numbers 26:10; Deuteronomy 11:6; figurative also of She’ôl, וּפָֽעֲרָה פִיהָ Isaiah 5:14, compare Psalm 69:16 [Psalm 69:15].
b. external organ, וַיָּשֶׂם פִּיו עַל־פִּיו 2 Kings 4:34; Proverbs 30:20; of kissing 1 Kings 19:18; Songs 1:2, וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִי Job 31:27; compare phrase עַל־פֶּה יָד שִׂים (of keeping silence) Judges 18:19; Micah 7:16; Job 21:5, compare Job 29:9; Job 40:4; Proverbs 30:32; of mocking triumph בִּפ׳עָלַי פָּעַר Job 16:10; עַל הִרְחִיב פ׳ Psalm 35:21; Isaiah 57:4, also עַל פִּי רָחַב 1 Samuel 2:1.
c. of י׳ in theophany, sending out fire 2 Samuel 22:9 = Psalm 18:9 [Psalm 18:8].
2.
a. much oftener, as organ of speech, of man: פ׳ speaks Genesis 45:12; 2 Samuel 1:16; Isaiah 9:16 [Isaiah 9:17]; Job 9:20; Job 15:5, Job 15:6; Psalm 37:30 +; speak בְּמוֺפִֿי Job 19:16; open פ׳, אֶליֿ׳ Judges 11:35, Judges 11:36, absolute Job 3:1; Job 33:2 +; shut פ׳ (be silent) Isaiah 52:15, compare חָשַׂךְ פ׳ Job 7:11, and (of iniquity, personified) קָצַף פ׳ Job 5:16; Psalm 107:42; guard פ׳, Proverbs 13:3 (נָצַר), Proverbs 21:23 (שָׁמַר), compare פ׳פִּתְחֵי שָׁמַר Micah 7:5, also Psalm 39:2 [Psalm 39:1] (see שׁמר); words, etc., are in (ב) mouth 2 Samuel 17:5; 2 Samuel 18:25; Deuteronomy 30:14; 1 Kings 17:24; שִׂים דְּבָרִים בְּפ׳ 2 Samuel 14:3, 2 Samuel 14:19; Exodus 4:15, also (God subject) Numbers 22:38; Numbers 23:12, Numbers 23:16 +; of utterance מִפּ׳יָצָא Judges 11:36; Numbers 30:3 [Numbers 30:2]; Numbers 32:24; Joshua 6:10 +; depart from mouth (cease to be mentioned) מוּשׁ מִפִּ׳ Joshua 1:8; Isaiah 59:21, compare נִכְרַת מִפּ׳ Jeremiah 7:28, עַל־פִּיךָ יִשָּׁמַע לֹא Exodus 23:13; אִמְרֵי פ׳ Deuteronomy 32:1 words of my mouth, so Job 8:2; Psalm 19:15 [Psalm 19:14]; Psalm 54:4 [Psalm 54:2]; דְּבְרֵי פ׳ Psalm 36:4 [Psalm 36:3]; Ecclesiastes 10:12; of agency, בְּפּ׳ by the mouth of 2 Chronicles 36:21, 2 Chronicles 36:22 = מִפּ׳ Ezra 1:1; עִם־פּיו פִּיו דִּבֶּר Jeremiah 32:4 speak mouth to mouth = Jeremiah 34:3; פ׳ = speech, sayings Isaiah 29:13; Psalm 49:14 [Psalm 49:13]; Ecclesiastes 10:3; כְּבַד פ׳ Exodus 4:10 heavy of speech (not eloquent); אֶהְיֶה עִם־פ׳ Exodus 4:12; Exodus 4:15, i.e. aid thee in speaking; יִהְיֶה־לְּךָ לְפ׳ Exodus 4:16 he shall be mouth for thee; אֵלַי יִקְרָא מִפִּיו Jeremiah 36:18, i.e. dictate; כָּתַב מִפּ׳ see כָּתַב 1b (3); bad qualities ascribed to it, עִקְּשׁוּת פ׳ Proverbs 4:24; Proverbs 6:12; פִּי תַהְפֻּכֹות Proverbs 8:13; פֶּה חָלָק Proverbs 26:28; אל־תַּגְדֵּל פ׳ Obadiah 12, compare Micah 6:12; Ezekiel 35:13.
b. as laughing Job 8:21; Psalm 126:2; panting Psalm 119:131.
c. of God; his mouth speaks Isaiah 1:20; Isaiah 40:5; Jeremiah 9:11 [Jeremiah 9:12] +; he speaks בְּפ׳ 1 Kings 8:15, 1 Kings 8:24; word proceeds מִפּ׳ Deuteronomy 8:3; Isaiah 45:23 +; פֶּה אֶל־פֶּה אֲדַבֵּר בּוֹ Numbers 12:8; he creates בְּרוּחַ פִּיו Psalm 33:6; he executes judgment בְּשֵׁבט פִּיו Isaiah 11:4; especially = command: עָבַר אֶת־פִּי י׳ 1 Samuel 15:24; Numbers 14:41, compare Numbers 22:18; Proverbs 8:29; פ׳ (אֶתֿ) מָרָה 1 Samuel 12:14, 1 Samuel 12:15; Numbers 20:24; 1 Kings 13:21 +; compare 6. d.
e. of musical instrument = sound Amos 6:5 (compare 6 d).
3. of animals: bird Genesis 8:11 (carrying), Isaiah 10:14 (chirping); ass Numbers 22:28 (speaking); bear, lion 1 Samuel 17:35 (seizing), Amos 3:12 (id.), hippopotamus. Job 40:23 (drinking), crocodile Job 41:11 [Job 41:19]; Job 41:13 [Job 41:21] (breathing flame); also of human foes, under figure of ravenous beasts Psalm 22:22 [Psalm 22:21]; Ezekiel 21:27 [Ezekiel 21:22]; Ezekiel 34:10; פָּצָה עַל פ'Psalm 22:14 [Psalm 22:13]; Lamentations 2:16; Lamentations 3:46; hence of edge of sword, פִּיּוֹת חֶרֶב Proverbs 5:4 a sword with edges (in simile), = פִּיפִיּוֹת ח׳ [H6374Psalm 149:6] compare [H6366 Judges 3:16]; see also 6 c (2), below; בַּעַל פִּיפִיּוֹת [H6374 Isaiah 41:15], of מוֺרַג.
4. mouth = opening, orifice; of well Genesis 29:2, Genesis 29:3(twice in verse); Genesis 29:8, Genesis 29:10; cave Joshua 10:18, Joshua 10:22, Joshua 10:27; ravine, abyss Jeremiah 48:28 (si vera lectio, compare Gie); also of She’ôl Psalm 141:7; of a sack Genesis 42:27; Genesis 43:12, Genesis 43:21; Genesis 44:1, Genesis 44:2, Genesis 44:8; ephah Zechariah 5:8; high-priest's robe Exodus 28:32 + 5 times, compare probably Psalm 133:2; tunic Job 30:18; of a round opening also 1 Kings 7:31 (3 times in verse) (on text and meaning see Benz Kit); of mouth of Nile Isaiah 19:7 (others brink); gate of city Proverbs 8:3 (but read perhaps לִפְנֵי, see Toy).
5.
a. extremity, end פֶּה לָפֶה from end to end, of a temple 2 Kings 10:21; city 2 Kings 21:16, מִפֶּהאֶל־פֶּה of land Ezra 9:11.
b. = portion, שְׁנַיִם פִּי Deuteronomy 21:17; 2 Kings 2:9; Zechariah 13:8.
6. with prepositions: —
a. אֶל פִּי , see below d (2).
b. כְּפִי:
(a) according to the command of, 1 Chronicles 12:23;
(b) according to the mouth of, i.e. in proportion to (compare Assyrian ki-i pi-i, DlHWB 325), †Exodus 16:21 they gathered it אִישׁ כְּפִי אָכְלוֺ each in proportion to his eating (Exodus 16:16; Exodus 16:18 לְפִי), Leviticus 25:52 כְּפִי שָׁנָיו according to the number of his years (compare Leviticus 25:16 לְפִי); Numbers 6:21; Numbers 7:5 אִישׁ כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתוֺ (so 2 Chronicles 31:2), Numbers 7:7, Numbers 7:8; Numbers 35:8 (all P); Job 33:6 הֵן־אֲנִי כְפְיךָ לָאֵל I am in the proportion of thee as regards God, i.e. I stand towards God even as thou dost. As conjunction, כְּפִי אֲשֶׁר, Malachi 2:9 כְּפִי אֲשֶׁר אֵינְכֶם שֹׁמְרִים אֶת־דְּרָכַי accusative asye do not keep, etc.; and without אשׁר Zechariah 2:4 [Zechariah 1:21] כְּפִי אִישׁ־לֹא נָשָׂא ראֹשׁוֹ in such proportion that none did lift up his head (but We Now אֲשֶׁר for אִישׁ, that it, Judah, did not, etc.).
c. לְפִי, nearly the same with כְּפִי (see לְ 5 i b), but more common (compare Aramaic לְפוּם, bdb080501):
(1)Genesis 47:12 לְפִי הַטָּ֑ף, Exodus 12:4 ye shall compute אִישׁ לְפִי אָכְלוֹ each according to his eating (according to the quantity which his family will consume), Exodus 16:16, Exodus 16:18; Leviticus 25:16 לְפִי רֹב הַשָּׁנִים, Leviticus 25:16; Leviticus 25:51; Leviticus 27:16 לְפִי זַרְעוֺ, Numbers 26:54; Joshua 18:4; 1 Kings 17:1 except לְפִי דְבָרִי, Hosea 10:12 קִצְרוּ לְפִי חֶסֶד (|| לִצְדָקָה), Proverbs 12:8; Proverbs 27:2: followed by infinitive Numbers 9:17 לְפִי הֵעָלוֺת הֶעָנָן = accusative as the cloud was lifted up, Jeremiah 29:10.
(2) in the phrase לְפִי חֶרֶב according to the mouth, or measure, of the sword, i.e. as the sword devours, without quarter, Genesis 34:26; Exodus 17:13; Numbers 21:24
d. עַל פִּי :
(1) according to (עַל 1 f a) the mouth of, i.e.
(β) the evidence or sentence of, Deuteronomy 17:6 עַל־פִּי עֵד אֶחָד, Deuteronomy 19:15; Deuteronomy 21:5 (on עַל־פִּי הַנָּ֑בֶ Amos 6:5, see 2 e above).
(2) according to the measure of, in accordance with, Genesis 43:7 we told him על פי הדברים האלה according to these words (i.e. the questions Joseph asked), Exodus 34:27 in accordance with these words, Leviticus 27:8 עלפֿי אשׁר תַּשִּׂיג יַד הנֹּדֵר according to what the hand of the vower can reach to, Leviticus 27:18 (compare לְפִי Leviticus 25:16, Leviticus 25:51), Deuteronomy 17:10, Deuteronomy 17:11; 2 Samuel 13:32 (but see שׂוּמָה), Proverbs 22:6 חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר על פי דרכו. In the same sense פִּי אֶל, Joshua 15:13; Joshua 17:4; Joshua 21:3.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6433.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:11; 8:11; 25:28; 25:28; 29:2; 29:3; 29:8; 29:10; 34:26; 41:40; 41:40; 42:27; 43:7; 43:12; 43:21; 44:1; 44:2; 44:8; 45:12; 45:12; 45:21; 47:12

Exodus

4:10; 4:10; 4:12; 4:15; 4:15; 4:15; 4:16; 12:4; 16:16; 16:16; 16:18; 16:18; 16:21; 17:1; 17:13; 23:13; 28:32; 34:27; 38:21

Leviticus

25:16; 25:16; 25:16; 25:16; 25:51; 25:51; 25:52; 27:8; 27:16; 27:18

Numbers

3:16; 3:39; 6:21; 7:5; 7:7; 7:8; 9:17; 12:8; 14:41; 16:30; 16:32; 20:24; 21:24; 22:18; 22:28; 22:38; 23:12; 23:16; 26:10; 26:54; 30:2; 32:24; 35:8

Deuteronomy

8:3; 11:6; 17:6; 17:10; 17:11; 19:15; 21:5; 21:17; 30:14; 32:1

Joshua

1:8; 6:10; 9:2; 10:18; 10:22; 10:27; 15:13; 17:4; 18:4; 21:3

Judges

7:6; 7:6; 11:35; 11:36; 11:36; 18:19

1 Samuel

2:1; 12:14; 12:15; 13:21; 14:26; 14:27; 15:24; 17:35

2 Samuel

1:16; 13:32; 14:3; 14:19; 17:5; 18:25; 22:9

1 Kings

7:31; 8:15; 8:24; 13:21; 17:1; 17:24; 19:18

2 Kings

2:9; 4:34; 10:21; 21:16; 23:35

1 Chronicles

12:23

2 Chronicles

31:2; 36:21; 36:22

Ezra

1:1; 9:11

Nehemiah

9:20

Job

3:1; 5:16; 7:11; 8:2; 8:21; 9:20; 15:5; 15:6; 16:10; 19:16; 20:12; 21:5; 29:9; 30:18; 31:27; 33:2; 33:6; 40:4; 40:23; 41:19; 41:21

Psalms

17:10; 18:8; 19:14; 22:13; 22:21; 33:6; 35:21; 36:3; 37:30; 39:1; 49:13; 54:2; 69:15; 69:16; 107:42; 115:5; 119:103; 119:131; 126:2; 133:2; 136:16; 136:17; 141:7

Proverbs

4:24; 5:4; 5:4; 6:12; 8:3; 8:13; 8:29; 12:8; 13:3; 19:24; 21:23; 22:6; 26:15; 26:28; 27:2; 30:20; 30:32

Ecclesiastes

10:3; 10:12

Song of Songs

1:2

Isaiah

1:20; 1:20; 5:14; 9:17; 10:14; 11:4; 19:7; 29:13; 40:5; 45:23; 52:15; 57:4; 59:21

Jeremiah

7:28; 9:12; 29:10; 32:4; 34:3; 36:18; 48:28

Lamentations

2:16; 3:46

Ezekiel

21:22; 34:10; 35:13

Hosea

10:12

Amos

3:12; 6:5; 6:5

Obadiah

1:12

Micah

6:12; 7:5; 7:16

Zechariah

1:21; 5:8; 13:8

Malachi

2:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6310 matches the Hebrew פֶּה (),
which occurs 27 times in 26 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8 - This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:18 - Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:10 - But Joshua commanded the people, “You shall not shout or make your voice heard, neither shall any word go out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - Then they devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:24 - When Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them to the very last had fallen by the edge of the sword, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the edge of the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:2 - they gathered together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:14 - So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:18 - And Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave and set men by it to guard them,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:22 - Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me from the cave.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - But at the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and they set large stones against the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28 - As for Makkedah, Joshua captured it on that day and struck it, and its king, with the edge of the sword. He devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:30 - And the LORD gave it also and its king into the hand of Israel. And he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it; he left none remaining in it. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:32 - And the LORD gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it, as he had done to Libnah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:35 - And they captured it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. And he devoted every person in it to destruction that day, as he had done to Lachish.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:37 - and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king and its towns, and every person in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Eglon, and devoted it to destruction and every person in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39 - and he captured it with its king and all its towns. And they struck them with the edge of the sword and devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. Just as he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king, so he did to Debir and to its king.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:11 - And they struck with the sword all who were in it, devoting them to destruction;[fn] there was none left that breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:12 - And all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua captured, and struck them with the edge of the sword, devoting them to destruction, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14 - And all the spoil of these cities and the livestock, the people of Israel took for their plunder. But every person they struck with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they did not leave any who breathed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - According to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:4 - They approached Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the leaders and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance along with our brothers.” So according to the mouth of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:4 - Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them out that they may set out and go up and down the land. They shall write a description of it with a view to their inheritances, and then come to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - When the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50 - By command of the LORD they gave him the city that he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. And he rebuilt the city and settled in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:3 - So by command of the LORD the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9 - So the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home, parting from the people of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, their own land of which they had possessed themselves by command of the LORD through Moses.
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