פִּתּוּחַ
pittûwach · pit-too'-akh
sculpture (in low or high relief or even intaglio)
Lexicon
Derivation: or פִּתֻּחַ ; passive participle of H6605 (פָּתַח);
sculpture (in low or high relief or even intaglio)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: carved (work) (are, en-) grave(-ing, -n).
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › to separate and protect
To speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פִּתּוּחַ 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- like the engravings3 · 27%
- upon it, like the engravings1 · 9%
- are graven1 · 9%
- like to the engravings1 · 9%
- with carved1 · 9%
- to grave1 · 9%
- any manner of graving1 · 9%
- the carved work1 · 9%
- the graving1 · 9%
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.