פֶּטֶר
peṭer · peh'-ter
a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)
Lexicon
Derivation: or פִּטְרָה; from H6362 (פָּטַר);
a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: firstling, openeth, such as open.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to surround and contain › the head, the highest
To speak, the word that works to surround and contain of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֶּטֶר 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- all that openeth3 · 25%
- and every firstling2 · 17%
- whatsoever openeth1 · 8%
- is mine; and every firstling1 · 8%
- but the firstling1 · 8%
- that openeth1 · 8%
- instead of such as open1 · 8%
- every thing that openeth1 · 8%
- the fire all that openeth1 · 8%
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.