פֶּה
peh · peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6284 (פָּאָה);
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
- the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)
- specifically, edge, portion or side
- adverbially, (with preposition) according to
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- 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 › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֶּה 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
498 occurrences · 498 OT · 0 NT · 221 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- mouth25 · 10%
- my mouth19 · 8%
- according16 · 6%
- of his mouth16 · 6%
- with the edge14 · 6%
- her mouth12 · 5%
- in the mouth11 · 4%
- the mouth11 · 4%
- of my mouth11 · 4%
- of thy mouth10 · 4%
- his mouth10 · 4%
- according to the commandment9 · 4%
- thy mouth9 · 4%
- but the mouth8 · 3%
- it with the edge8 · 3%
- out of his mouth7 · 3%
- in his mouth6 · 2%
- in thy mouth6 · 2%
- them with the edge6 · 2%
- by the mouth6 · 2%
- according to the word6 · 2%
- in their mouth6 · 2%
- at the commandment6 · 2%
- for the mouth5 · 2%
- against the commandment5 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.