Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6363
פֶּטֶר
peterpeh'-ter
firstborn; firstborn
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: peṭer
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6363is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6363
a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)
The King James renders it: firstling, openeth, such as open.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
peter is rendered "firstborn; firstborn". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "firstborn".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 13:2“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
Exodus 13:2פֶּ֤טֶר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: firstborn, and firstborn.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| firstbornStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 13:2“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites… |
| firstbornStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- firstborn of11
- and firstborn of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- פֶּ֤טֶר3
- פֶּ֥טֶר2
- פֶּ֣טֶר2
- וּפֶ֤טֶר1
- פֶּ֖טֶר1
- פֶּֽטֶר־1
- פֶּ֣טֶר׀1
- פִּטְרַ֨ת1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)10HNcmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
Exodus
eight uses
“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
- פֶּ֤טֶרpeternoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: firstborn of
you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.
- פֶּֽטֶר־peter-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: firstborn of
- פֶּ֣טֶר׀peternoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: firstborn of
You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.
- פֶּ֤טֶרpeternoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: firstborn of
And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’
- פֶּ֤טֶרpeternoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: firstborn of
The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.
- פֶּ֥טֶרpeternoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: firstborn of
- פֶּ֖טֶרpeternoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: firstborn of
You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.
- וּפֶ֤טֶרufeterconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and firstborn of
Numbers
three uses
“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,
- פֶּ֥טֶרpeternoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: firstborn of
For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
- פִּטְרַ֨תpitratnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: firstborn of
The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.
- פֶּ֣טֶרpeternoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: firstborn of
Ezekiel
one use
And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.
- פֶּ֣טֶרpeternoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: firstborn of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.