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Lexicon :: Strong's H6607 - peṯaḥ

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פֶּתַח
Transliteration
peṯaḥ
Pronunciation
peh'-thakh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1854a

Strong’s Definitions

פֶּתַח pethach, peh'-thakh; from H6605; an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way:—door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 163x

The KJV translates Strong's H6607 in the following manner: door (126x), entering (10x), entry (8x), gate (7x), in (7x), entrance (3x), openings (1x), place (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 163x
The KJV translates Strong's H6607 in the following manner: door (126x), entering (10x), entry (8x), gate (7x), in (7x), entrance (3x), openings (1x), place (1x).

  1. opening, doorway, entrance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פֶּתַח pethach, peh'-thakh; from H6605; an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way:—door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
STRONGS H6607: Abbreviations
פֶּ֫תַח 164 noun masculineEzekiel 8:8 (feminine 2 Samuel 17:9 but We reads אַחַד for אַחַת, and so AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 86) opening, doorway, entrance; — absolute פ׳ Genesis 4:7 +, פָּ֑תַח Genesis 19:11 +, הַפֶּ֫תְחָה Genesis 19:6; construct פֶּתַח Genesis 18:1 +; suffix פִּתְחוֹ Proverbs 17:19, פִּתְחָהּ Ezekiel 40:38; plural פְּתָחִים 1 Kings 7:5; Proverbs 8:3; construct פִּתְחֵי Psalm 24:7 +; suffix פְּתָחָ֑י, Proverbs 8:34, etc.; — door-way of nomad's tent, הָאֹהֶל פ׳ Genesis 18:1, 2, 10(J), Exodus 33:8, 10 (E), Numbers 11:10; Numbers 16:27(JE), Judges 4:20, compare (without הָאֹהֶל) Genesis 4:7 (in figurative), Job 31:9, 34; of sacred tent, הָאֹהָל פ׳ Exodus 33:9, 10; Numbers 12:5(E), Numbers 26:36; Numbers 36:37; Numbers 39:38 (P), Deuteronomy 31:15, usually (P) אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד פ׳ Exodus 29:4 + 6 times Exodus + Exodus 40:6, 29 (מִשְׁכַּן אֹהֶל מ׳ פ׳), Leviticus 1:3 + 22 times Leviticus; Numbers 3:25 + 11 times Numbers; Joshua 19:51; 1 Samuel 2:22, compare 1 Chronicles 9:21; פ׳ הַמִּשְׁכָּן Exodus 35:15, compare Exodus 40:5, 28 (all P); of court Numbers 3:26 compareNumbers 4:26 and (of temple) Ezekiel 8:7; doorway of (private) house Genesis 19:6, 11 (twice in verse) + 22 times, compare Cant 7:14 [Cant 7:13]; in Proverbs 17:19 Frankenb Toy read פִּיו; for פִּתְחוֹ of temple 1 Kings 6:33; Ezekiel 8:16, so הַבַּית פ׳ Ezekiel 47:1; 2 Chronicles 4:22; הַדְּבִיר פ׳ 1 Kings 6:31, הַצֵּלָע פ׳ 1 Kings 6:8; Ezekiel 41:11 compare Ezekiel 41:11; Ezekiel 41:11; plural 1 Kings 7:5; various doorways in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:13 (twice in verse) + 13 times 40-42 (see also below); doorway of ark Genesis 6:16 (P); of tower Judges 9:52; in wall Ezekiel 8:8; opening (mouth) of cave 1 Kings 19:13; הַשַׁעַר פ׳ opening, i.e. doorway, of gate Ezekiel 40:11; of city שַׁעַר הָעִיר פ׳, i.e. the outer aperture of the gate Joshua 8:29; Joshua 20:4; Judges 9:35, 44; Jeremiah 1:15 (plural), compare Jeremiah 19:2; 1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9; 2 Kings 23:8; Proverbs 1:21; so הַשַּׁעַר פ׳, Judges 9:40; 2 Samuel 10:8; 2 Samuel 11:23; 2 Kings 7:3; 2 Kings 10:8, and (of farm or village) Judges 18:16, 17; so הָעִיר פ׳ 1 Kings 17:20; 1 Chronicles 19:6 (= 2 Samuel 10:8 above), compare Genesis 38:14; plural of city gates themselves (poetry) Isaiah 3:26 (personified), נְדִיבִים פ׳ Isaiah 13:2; עוֹלָם פִּתְחֵי Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:9 (|| שְׁעָרִים); compare figurative פִּתְחֵי־פִיךָ שְׁמֹרָ Micah 7:5; also פ׳ שַׁעַר בֵּית י׳ Jeremiah 36:10; Ezekiel 8:14; Ezekiel 10:19; compare Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 11:1; Ezekiel 40:4; Ezekiel 46:3, י׳ שׁ׳ פ׳ Jeremiah 26:10; פְּתָחֶיהָ Micah 5:6 of entrances to a country; figurative תִּקְוָה פ׳ Hosea 2:17 doorway of hope.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:7; 4:7; 6:16; 18:1; 18:1; 18:2; 18:10; 19:6; 19:6; 19:11; 19:11; 38:14

Exodus

29:4; 33:8; 33:9; 33:10; 33:10; 35:15; 40:5; 40:6; 40:28; 40:29

Leviticus

1:3

Numbers

3:25; 3:26; 11:10; 12:5; 16:27; 26:36

Deuteronomy

31:15

Joshua

8:29; 19:51; 20:4

Judges

4:20; 9:35; 9:40; 9:44; 9:52; 18:16; 18:17

1 Samuel

2:22

2 Samuel

10:8; 10:8; 11:23; 17:9

1 Kings

6:8; 6:31; 6:33; 7:5; 7:5; 17:20; 19:13; 22:10

2 Kings

7:3; 10:8; 23:8

1 Chronicles

9:21; 19:6

2 Chronicles

4:22; 18:9

Job

31:9; 31:34

Psalms

24:7; 24:7; 24:9

Proverbs

1:21; 8:3; 8:34; 17:19; 17:19

Song of Songs

7:13

Isaiah

3:26; 13:2

Jeremiah

1:15; 19:2; 26:10; 36:10

Ezekiel

8:3; 8:7; 8:8; 8:8; 8:14; 8:16; 10:19; 11:1; 40:4; 40:11; 40:13; 40:38; 41:11; 41:11; 41:11; 46:3; 47:1

Hosea

2:17

Micah

5:6; 7:5

H6607

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6607 matches the Hebrew פֶּתַח (peṯaḥ),
which occurs 164 times in 154 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Lev 17:6–2Ki 7:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:6 - And the priest shall throw the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting and burn the fat for a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:9 - and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the LORD, that man shall be cut off from his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:21 - but he shall bring his compensation to the LORD, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 - And the guard duty of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26 - the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords—all the service connected with these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:25 - they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering of goatskin that is on top of it and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - and the hangings of the court and the screen for the entrance of the gate of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords and all the equipment for their service. And they shall do all that needs to be done with regard to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two pigeons to the priest to the entrance of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 - “And this is the law for the Nazirite, when the time of his separation has been completed: he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:3 - And when both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 - Moses heard the people weeping throughout their clans, everyone at the door of his tent. And the anger of the LORD blazed hotly, and Moses was displeased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5 - And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:18 - So every man took his censer and put fire in them and laid incense on them and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:19 - Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27 - So they got away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, together with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50 - And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:6 - Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting and fell on their faces. And the glory of the LORD appeared to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:6 - And behold, one of the people of Israel came and brought a Midianite woman to his family, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the people of Israel, while they were weeping in the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:2 - And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the chiefs and all the congregation, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father’s house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:15 - And the LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud. And the pillar of cloud stood over the entrance of the tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 - These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel distributed by lot at Shiloh before the LORD, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:4 - He shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case to the elders of that city. Then they shall take him into the city and give him a place, and he shall remain with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:20 - And he said to her, “Stand at the opening of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, ‘Is anyone here?’ say, ‘No.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city, and Abimelech and the people who were with him rose from the ambush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40 - And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him. And many fell wounded, up to the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - Abimelech and the company that was with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city, while the two companies rushed upon all who were in the field and killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - And Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - Now the 600 men of the Danites, armed with their weapons of war, stood by the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - And the five men who had gone to scout out the land went up and entered and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the 600 men armed with weapons of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, until it was light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27 - And her master rose up in the morning, and when he opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, behold, there was his concubine lying at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the gate, and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:9 - But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:23 - The messenger said to David, “The men gained an advantage over us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8 - The entrance for the lowest[fn] story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31 - For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:33 - So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5 - All the doorways and windows[fn] had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6 - But when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another? For I am charged with unbearable news for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:13 - And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:15 - He said, “Call her.” And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:9 - So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 - Now there were four men who were lepers[fn] at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?

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