פֵּאָה
pêʼâh · pay-aw'
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H6311 (פֹּה);
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: corner, end, quarter, side.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › strength, the leader › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word of strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֵּאָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
86 occurrences · 86 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- side63 · 73%
- corners5 · 6%
- the corners4 · 5%
- quarter4 · 5%
- the corner3 · 3%
- corner1 · 1%
- off from the part1 · 1%
- of the corners1 · 1%
- them into corners1 · 1%
- at the end1 · 1%
- for these are his sides1 · 1%
- in the corner1 · 1%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.