פֶּתַח
pethach · peh'-thakh
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6605 (פָּתַח);
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
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
- 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 separate and protect
To speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֶּתַח 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
164 occurrences · 164 OT · 0 NT · 55 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- at the door24 · 21%
- unto the door15 · 13%
- door14 · 12%
- of the door8 · 7%
- the door7 · 6%
- to the door6 · 5%
- for the door5 · 4%
- in the door5 · 4%
- at the entering in4 · 3%
- by the door4 · 3%
- in the entering3 · 3%
- from the door2 · 2%
- which is at the door2 · 2%
- it not unto the door2 · 2%
- and the door2 · 2%
- me to the door2 · 2%
- doors2 · 2%
- at the entering2 · 2%
- themselves to thee at the door1 · 1%
- it at the door1 · 1%
- that is by the door1 · 1%
- for the door at the entering in1 · 1%
- with him at the door1 · 1%
- place1 · 1%
- that were at the door1 · 1%
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.