פְּתִי
pᵉthîy · peth-ee'
silly (i.e. seducible)
Lexicon
Derivation: or פֶּתִי; or פְּתָאִי; from H6601 (פָּתָה);
silly (i.e. seducible)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: foolish, simple(-icity, one).
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works
To speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּתִי 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the simple5 · 26%
- whoso is simple2 · 11%
- unto the simple1 · 5%
- to the simple1 · 5%
- how long, ye simple ones1 · 5%
- simplicity1 · 5%
- of the simple1 · 5%
- among the simple ones1 · 5%
- o ye simple1 · 5%
- the foolish1 · 5%
- and the simple1 · 5%
- himself: but the simple1 · 5%
- himself; but the simple1 · 5%
- and for him that is simple1 · 5%
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.