Word Study · Strong's H6616 · Hebrew
פָּתִיל
pathil
paw-theel'
Strong's 1890 spelling: pâthîyl
“twine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
twine
Rendered in the KJV as
bound, bracelet, lace, line, ribband, thread, wire.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- בִּפְתִ֣יל2
- פְּתִ֣יל2
- וְהַפְּתִילִ֛ים1
- וּפְתִיל־1
- וּפְתִילֶ֔ךָ1
- פְּתִ֥יל1
- פָּתִ֖יל1
- פְּתִֽיל־1
- פְּתִילִם֒1
How it is rendered · 8
- a cord of3
- with a cord of2
- a cord1
- and a cord of1
- and cord your1
- and the cord1
- the thread of1
- threads1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc · 4
- HR/Ncmsc · 2
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HC/Td/Ncmpa · 1
- HNcmpa · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 38:18וּפְתִילֶ֔ךָufetilekhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular“What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.here: and cord your
- Genesis 38:25וְהַפְּתִילִ֛יםvehapetilimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAs she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”here: and the cord
Exodus5 occurrences
- Exodus 28:28בִּפְתִ֣ילbiftilpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The rings of the breastpiece shall be tied to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece is above the waistband of the ephod and does not swing out from the ephod.here: with a cord of
- Exodus 28:37פְּתִ֣ילpetilnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.here: a cord of
- Exodus 39:3פְּתִילִם֒petilimnoun · masculine pluralThey hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.here: threads
- Exodus 39:21בִּפְתִ֣ילbiftilpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.here: with a cord of
- Exodus 39:31פְּתִ֣ילpetilnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.here: a cord of
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 15:38פְּתִ֥ילpetilnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.here: a cord of
- Numbers 19:15פָּתִ֖ילpatilnoun · masculine singularand any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.here: a cord