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פֶּתַח

pethach

peh'-thakh

an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way

Rendered in the KJV as

door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.

  • 164
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 24 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 55
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 164 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 55

  • פֶּ֖תַח40
  • פֶּ֣תַח23
  • פֶּ֥תַח16
  • הַפֶּ֖תַח5
  • לְפֶ֣תַח5
  • פֶּ֚תַח5
  • פֶּ֙תַח֙5
  • פֶּ֛תַח4
  • פֶּ֜תַח4
  • הַפֶּ֔תַח3
  • פֶּֽתַח־3
  • בְּפֶ֣תַח2

and 43 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 48

  • [the] entrance of85
  • the entrance10
  • [the] opening of9
  • and [the] entrance of4
  • for [the] entrance of4
  • [is] [the] entrance of3
  • [were at] [the] entrance of2
  • an entrance2
  • and from [the] entrance of2
  • at [the] entrance of2
  • entrance2
  • O doors of2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 23

  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)102
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)15
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular11
  • noun · masculine singular7
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HNcmsc · 102
  • HR/Ncmsc · 15
  • HTd/Ncmsa · 11
  • HNcmsa · 7
  • HC/Ncmsc · 4
  • HNcmpc · 4
  • HRd/Ncmsa · 3
  • HC/R/Ncmpc · 2
  • HC/R/Ncmsc · 2
  • HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp · 1
  • HC/Ncmsa · 1
  • HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs · 1

All 164, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis10 occurrences
Exodus22 occurrences
Leviticus24 occurrences
Numbers17 occurrences
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
Joshua3 occurrences
Judges9 occurrences
1 Samuel1 occurrence
2 Samuel3 occurrences
1 Kings9 occurrences
2 Kings5 occurrences
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
Nehemiah2 occurrences
Esther1 occurrence
Job2 occurrences
Psalms2 occurrences
Proverbs6 occurrences
Song of Solomon1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
Jeremiah5 occurrences
Ezekiel30 occurrences
Hosea1 occurrence
Micah2 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).