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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 10 times in 9 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:7 - If you do well, will you not be accepted?[fn] And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to[fn] you, but you must rule over it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16 - Make a roof[fn] for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:1 - And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks[fn] of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:10 - The LORD said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:6 - Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - And they struck with blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house, both small and great, so that they wore themselves out groping for the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - she took off her widow’s garments and covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:19 - So they went up to the steward of Joseph’s house and spoke with him at the door of the house,
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