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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 3 / 4 (2Ki 10:8–Eze 46:3)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:8 - When the messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons,” he said, “Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had made offerings, from Geba to Beersheba. And he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one’s left at the gate of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:21 - Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9 - And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:22 - the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold, and the sockets[fn] of the temple, for the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - 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 2Ch 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:9 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes. And they were sitting 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 Neh 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - After him Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired[fn] another section from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:21 - After him Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 - On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, in front of the king’s quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:9 - “If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34 - because I stood in great fear of the multitude,
and the contempt of families terrified me,
so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:7 - Lift up your heads, O gates!
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:9 - Lift up your heads, O gates!
And lift them up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:21 - at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:8 - Keep your way far from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:3 - beside the gates in front of the town,
at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:34 - Blessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:14 - She sits at the door of her house;
she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:19 - Whoever loves transgression loves strife;
he who makes his door high seeks destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:13 - The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
new as well as old,
which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 - And her gates shall lament and mourn;
empty, she shall sit on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:2 - On a bare hill raise a signal;
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for them to enter
the gates of the nobles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - For behold, I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the LORD, and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:2 - and go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:10 - When the officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of the LORD and took their seat in the entry of the New Gate of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll, in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the LORD’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:9 - “Take in your hands large stones and hide them in the mortar in the pavement that is at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:3 - He put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:7 - And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:8 - Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig in the wall.” So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:14 - Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:19 - And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth before my eyes as they went out, with the wheels beside them. And they stood at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:1 - The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the LORD, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30 - “As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - Then he measured the gate from the ceiling of the one side room to the ceiling of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; the openings faced each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:38 - There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate,[fn] where the burnt offering was to be washed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:40 - And off to the side, on the outside as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and off to the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. And he measured the length of the nave,[fn] forty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then he went into the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the sidewalls on either side[fn] of the entrance, seven cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11 - And the doors of the side chambers opened on the free space, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. And the breadth of the free space was five cubits all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:17 - to the space above the door, even to the inner room, and on the outside. And on all the walls all around, inside and outside, was a measured pattern.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:20 - From the floor to above the door, cherubim and palm trees were carved; similarly the wall of the nave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:2 - The length of the building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits,[fn] and the breadth fifty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4 - And before the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long,[fn] and their doors were on the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:11 - with a passage in front of them. They were similar to the chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with the same exits[fn] and arrangements and doors,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:12 - as were the entrances of the chambers on the south. There was an entrance at the beginning of the passage, the passage before the corresponding wall on the east as one enters them.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:3 - The people of the land shall bow down at the entrance of that gate before the LORD on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.

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