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Lexicon :: Strong's H6607 - peṯaḥ

Aa
פֶּתַח
Transliteration
peṯaḥ
Pronunciation
peh'-thakh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1854a

Strong’s Definitions

פֶּתַח pethach, peh'-thakh; from H6605; an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way:—door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 163x

The KJV translates Strong's H6607 in the following manner: door (126x), entering (10x), entry (8x), gate (7x), in (7x), entrance (3x), openings (1x), place (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 163x
The KJV translates Strong's H6607 in the following manner: door (126x), entering (10x), entry (8x), gate (7x), in (7x), entrance (3x), openings (1x), place (1x).

  1. opening, doorway, entrance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פֶּתַח pethach, peh'-thakh; from H6605; an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way:—door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
STRONGS H6607: Abbreviations
פֶּ֫תַח 164 noun masculineEzekiel 8:8 (feminine 2 Samuel 17:9 but We reads אַחַד for אַחַת, and so AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 86) opening, doorway, entrance; — absolute פ׳ Genesis 4:7 +, פָּ֑תַח Genesis 19:11 +, הַפֶּ֫תְחָה Genesis 19:6; construct פֶּתַח Genesis 18:1 +; suffix פִּתְחוֹ Proverbs 17:19, פִּתְחָהּ Ezekiel 40:38; plural פְּתָחִים 1 Kings 7:5; Proverbs 8:3; construct פִּתְחֵי Psalm 24:7 +; suffix פְּתָחָ֑י, Proverbs 8:34, etc.; — door-way of nomad's tent, הָאֹהֶל פ׳ Genesis 18:1, 2, 10(J), Exodus 33:8, 10 (E), Numbers 11:10; Numbers 16:27(JE), Judges 4:20, compare (without הָאֹהֶל) Genesis 4:7 (in figurative), Job 31:9, 34; of sacred tent, הָאֹהָל פ׳ Exodus 33:9, 10; Numbers 12:5(E), Numbers 26:36; Numbers 36:37; Numbers 39:38 (P), Deuteronomy 31:15, usually (P) אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד פ׳ Exodus 29:4 + 6 times Exodus + Exodus 40:6, 29 (מִשְׁכַּן אֹהֶל מ׳ פ׳), Leviticus 1:3 + 22 times Leviticus; Numbers 3:25 + 11 times Numbers; Joshua 19:51; 1 Samuel 2:22, compare 1 Chronicles 9:21; פ׳ הַמִּשְׁכָּן Exodus 35:15, compare Exodus 40:5, 28 (all P); of court Numbers 3:26 compareNumbers 4:26 and (of temple) Ezekiel 8:7; doorway of (private) house Genesis 19:6, 11 (twice in verse) + 22 times, compare Cant 7:14 [Cant 7:13]; in Proverbs 17:19 Frankenb Toy read פִּיו; for פִּתְחוֹ of temple 1 Kings 6:33; Ezekiel 8:16, so הַבַּית פ׳ Ezekiel 47:1; 2 Chronicles 4:22; הַדְּבִיר פ׳ 1 Kings 6:31, הַצֵּלָע פ׳ 1 Kings 6:8; Ezekiel 41:11 compare Ezekiel 41:11; Ezekiel 41:11; plural 1 Kings 7:5; various doorways in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:13 (twice in verse) + 13 times 40-42 (see also below); doorway of ark Genesis 6:16 (P); of tower Judges 9:52; in wall Ezekiel 8:8; opening (mouth) of cave 1 Kings 19:13; הַשַׁעַר פ׳ opening, i.e. doorway, of gate Ezekiel 40:11; of city שַׁעַר הָעִיר פ׳, i.e. the outer aperture of the gate Joshua 8:29; Joshua 20:4; Judges 9:35, 44; Jeremiah 1:15 (plural), compare Jeremiah 19:2; 1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9; 2 Kings 23:8; Proverbs 1:21; so הַשַּׁעַר פ׳, Judges 9:40; 2 Samuel 10:8; 2 Samuel 11:23; 2 Kings 7:3; 2 Kings 10:8, and (of farm or village) Judges 18:16, 17; so הָעִיר פ׳ 1 Kings 17:20; 1 Chronicles 19:6 (= 2 Samuel 10:8 above), compare Genesis 38:14; plural of city gates themselves (poetry) Isaiah 3:26 (personified), נְדִיבִים פ׳ Isaiah 13:2; עוֹלָם פִּתְחֵי Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:9 (|| שְׁעָרִים); compare figurative פִּתְחֵי־פִיךָ שְׁמֹרָ Micah 7:5; also פ׳ שַׁעַר בֵּית י׳ Jeremiah 36:10; Ezekiel 8:14; Ezekiel 10:19; compare Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 11:1; Ezekiel 40:4; Ezekiel 46:3, י׳ שׁ׳ פ׳ Jeremiah 26:10; פְּתָחֶיהָ Micah 5:6 of entrances to a country; figurative תִּקְוָה פ׳ Hosea 2:17 doorway of hope.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:7; 4:7; 6:16; 18:1; 18:1; 18:2; 18:10; 19:6; 19:6; 19:11; 19:11; 38:14

Exodus

29:4; 33:8; 33:9; 33:10; 33:10; 35:15; 40:5; 40:6; 40:28; 40:29

Leviticus

1:3

Numbers

3:25; 3:26; 11:10; 12:5; 16:27; 26:36

Deuteronomy

31:15

Joshua

8:29; 19:51; 20:4

Judges

4:20; 9:35; 9:40; 9:44; 9:52; 18:16; 18:17

1 Samuel

2:22

2 Samuel

10:8; 10:8; 11:23; 17:9

1 Kings

6:8; 6:31; 6:33; 7:5; 7:5; 17:20; 19:13; 22:10

2 Kings

7:3; 10:8; 23:8

1 Chronicles

9:21; 19:6

2 Chronicles

4:22; 18:9

Job

31:9; 31:34

Psalms

24:7; 24:7; 24:9

Proverbs

1:21; 8:3; 8:34; 17:19; 17:19

Song of Songs

7:13

Isaiah

3:26; 13:2

Jeremiah

1:15; 19:2; 26:10; 36:10

Ezekiel

8:3; 8:7; 8:8; 8:8; 8:14; 8:16; 10:19; 11:1; 40:4; 40:11; 40:13; 40:38; 41:11; 41:11; 41:11; 46:3; 47:1

Hosea

2:17

Micah

5:6; 7:5

H6607

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6607 matches the Hebrew פֶּתַח (peṯaḥ),
which occurs 164 times in 154 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Lev 17:6–2Ki 7:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:6 - Then the priest will be able to splatter the blood against the LORD’s altar at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and he will burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:9 - but does not bring it to the entrance of the Tabernacle to offer it to the LORD, that person will be cut off from the community.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:21 - The man, however, must bring a ram as a guilt offering and present it to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 - These two clans were responsible to care for the Tabernacle, including the sacred tent with its layers of coverings, the curtain at its entrance,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26 - the curtains of the courtyard that surrounded the Tabernacle and altar, the curtain at the courtyard entrance, the ropes, and all the equipment related to their use.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:25 - They must carry the curtains of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle itself with its coverings, the outer covering of fine goatskin leather, and the curtain for the Tabernacle entrance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - They are also to carry the curtains for the courtyard walls that surround the Tabernacle and altar, the curtain across the courtyard entrance, the ropes, and all the equipment related to their use. The Gershonites are responsible for all these items.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - On the eighth day they must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 - “This is the ritual law for Nazirites. At the conclusion of their time of separation as Nazirites, they must each go to the entrance of the Tabernacle

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - “Then the Nazirites will shave their heads at the entrance of the Tabernacle. They will take the hair that had been dedicated and place it on the fire beneath the peace-offering sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:3 - When both trumpets are blown, everyone must gather before you at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 - Moses heard all the families standing in the doorways of their tents whining, and the LORD became extremely angry. Moses was also very aggravated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5 - Then the LORD descended in the pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn] “Aaron and Miriam!” he called, and they stepped forward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:18 - So each of these men prepared an incense burner, lit the fire, and placed incense on it. Then they all stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] with Moses and Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:19 - Meanwhile, Korah had stirred up the entire community against Moses and Aaron, and they all gathered at the Tabernacle entrance. Then the glorious presence of the LORD appeared to the whole community,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27 - So all the people stood back from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Then Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances of their tents, together with their wives and children and little ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50 - Then because the plague had stopped, Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:6 - Moses and Aaron turned away from the people and went to the entrance of the Tabernacle,[fn] where they fell face down on the ground. Then the glorious presence of the LORD appeared to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:6 - Just then one of the Israelite men brought a Midianite woman into his tent, right before the eyes of Moses and all the people, as everyone was weeping at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:2 - These women stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the tribal leaders, and the entire community at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - The woman must be taken to the door of her father’s home, and there the men of the town must stone her to death, for she has committed a disgraceful crime in Israel by being promiscuous while living in her parents’ home. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:15 - And the LORD appeared to them in a pillar of cloud that stood at the entrance to the sacred tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - Joshua impaled the king of Ai on a sharpened pole and left him there until evening. At sunset the Israelites took down the body, as Joshua commanded, and threw it in front of the town gate. They piled a great heap of stones over him that can still be seen today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 - These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders allocated as grants of land to the tribes of Israel by casting sacred lots in the presence of the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] at Shiloh. So the division of the land was completed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:4 - “Upon reaching one of these cities, the one who caused the death will appear before the elders at the city gate and present his case. They must allow him to enter the city and give him a place to live among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:20 - “Stand at the door of the tent,” he told her. “If anybody comes and asks you if there is anyone here, say no.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - Gaal was standing at the city gates when Abimelech and his army came out of hiding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40 - But Abimelech chased him, and many of Shechem’s men were wounded and fell along the road as they retreated to the city gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - Abimelech and his group stormed the city gate to keep the men of Shechem from getting back in, while Abimelech’s other two groups cut them down in the fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - Abimelech followed them to attack the tower. But as he prepared to set fire to the entrance,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - As the 600 armed warriors from the tribe of Dan stood at the entrance of the gate,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - the five scouts entered the shrine and removed the carved image, the sacred ephod, the household idols, and the cast idol. Meanwhile, the priest was standing at the gate with the 600 armed warriors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - At daybreak the woman returned to the house where her husband was staying. She collapsed at the door of the house and lay there until it was light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27 - When her husband opened the door to leave, there lay his concubine with her hands on the threshold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old, but he was aware of what his sons were doing to the people of Israel. He knew, for instance, that his sons were seducing the young women who assisted at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - The Ammonite troops came out and drew up their battle lines at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans from Zobah and Rehob and the men from Tob and Maacah positioned themselves to fight in the open fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:9 - But Uriah didn’t go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:23 - “The enemy came out against us in the open fields,” he said. “And as we chased them back to the city gate,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8 - The entrance to the bottom floor[fn] was on the south side of the Temple. There were winding stairs going up to the second floor, and another flight of stairs between the second and third floors.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31 - For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made double doors of wild olive wood with five-sided doorposts.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:33 - Then he made four-sided doorposts of wild olive wood for the entrance to the Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5 - All the doorways and doorposts[fn] had rectangular frames and were arranged in sets of three, facing each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6 - So when Ahijah heard her footsteps at the door, he called out, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else?” Then he told her, “I have bad news for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - King Rehoboam later replaced them with bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them to the care of the commanders of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her, “Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:13 - When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave.
And a voice said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah, dressed in their royal robes, were sitting on thrones at the threshing floor near the gate of Samaria. All of Ahab’s prophets were prophesying there in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:15 - “Call her back again,” Elisha told him. When the woman returned, Elisha said to her as she stood in the doorway,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:9 - So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and waited at the door of Elisha’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 - Now there were four men with leprosy[fn] sitting at the entrance of the city gates. “Why should we sit here waiting to die?” they asked each other.

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