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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6607

פֶּתַח

pethachpeh'-thakh

entrance

164 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6607is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 24 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 55
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6607

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

The King James renders it: door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.

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

pethach is rendered "entrance". It stands 164 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-four books.

  • Thirty of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
  • The Greek text spells it fifty-five different ways.

The first use

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”

Genesis 4:7לַפֶּ֖תַח

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • entrance of92
  • the entrance10
  • opening of9
  • and entrance of4
  • at entrance of4
  • for entrance of4
  • entrance3
  • an entrance2
  • and from entrance of2
  • O doors of2
  • to entrance of2
  • an opening1

and 29 more, 164 uses in all

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.

פֶּתַעpethasuddennessUses7
פֶּתֶןpethencobraUses6

All 164, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

55 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

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

and 43 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)102HNcmsc
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)15HR/Ncmsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular11HTd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular7HNcmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HC/Ncmsc
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmpc
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HRd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HC/R/Ncmpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/R/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs

Genesis

ten uses
  • If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”

    Genesis 4:7

    • לַפֶּ֖תַחlapetachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the door
  • You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

    Genesis 6:16

    • וּפֶ֥תַחufetachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and entrance of
  • Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.

    Genesis 18:1

    • פֶּֽתַח־petach-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: opening of
  • And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

    Genesis 18:2

    • מִפֶּ֣תַחmipetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from opening of
  • Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

    Genesis 18:10

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: opening of
  • Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

    Genesis 19:6

    • הַפֶּ֑תְחָהhapetchahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the entrance towards
  • And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

    Genesis 19:11

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
    • הַפָּֽתַח׃hapatachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the entrance
  • she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

    Genesis 38:14

    • בְּפֶ֣תַחbefetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at entrance of
  • So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

    Genesis 43:19

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

Exodus

twenty-two uses
  • Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.

    Exodus 12:22

    • מִפֶּֽתַח־mipetach-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from door of
  • When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

    Exodus 12:23

    • הַפֶּ֔תַחhapetachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the doorway
  • For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.

    Exodus 26:36

    • לְפֶ֣תַחlefetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for entrance of
  • Then present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

    Exodus 29:4

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Exodus 29:11

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket.

    Exodus 29:32

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.

    Exodus 29:42

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.

    Exodus 33:8

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: opening of
  • As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

    Exodus 33:9

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: opening of
  • When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.

    Exodus 33:10

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: opening of
    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: opening of
  • the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;

    Exodus 35:15

    • הַפֶּ֖תַחhapetachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the entrance
    • לְפֶ֥תַחlefetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for entrance of
  • For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,

    Exodus 36:37

    • לְפֶ֣תַחlefetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for entrance of
  • Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Exodus 38:8

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar,

    Exodus 38:30

    • פֶּ֚תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;

    Exodus 39:38

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

    Exodus 40:5

    • הַפֶּ֖תַחhapetachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the entrance
  • Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

    Exodus 40:6

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

    Exodus 40:12

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

    Exodus 40:28

    • הַפֶּ֖תַחhapetachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the entrance
  • He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.

    Exodus 40:29

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

Leviticus

twenty-four uses
  • If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.

    Leviticus 1:3

    • פֶּ֝תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Leviticus 1:5

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on all sides of the altar.

    Leviticus 3:2

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD.

    Leviticus 4:4

    • פֶּ֛תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Leviticus 4:7

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Leviticus 4:18

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”

    Leviticus 8:3

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Leviticus 8:4

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’

    Leviticus 8:31

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you.

    Leviticus 8:33

    • וּמִפֶּתַח֩umipetachconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from entrance of
  • You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”

    Leviticus 8:35

    • וּפֶתַח֩ufetachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and entrance of
  • You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses instructed.

    Leviticus 10:7

    • וּמִפֶּתַח֩umipetachconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from entrance of
  • When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

    Leviticus 12:6

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • The priest who performs the cleansing shall present the one to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Leviticus 14:11

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • On the eighth day he is to bring them for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD.

    Leviticus 14:23

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.

    Leviticus 14:38

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • On the eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.

    Leviticus 15:14

    • פֶּ֙תַח֙petachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • On the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Leviticus 15:29

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then he shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Leviticus 16:7

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.

    Leviticus 17:4

    • פֶּ֜תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace to the LORD.

    Leviticus 17:5

    • פֶּ֛תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • The priest will then sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Leviticus 17:6

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people.

    Leviticus 17:9

    • פֶּ֜תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD.

    Leviticus 19:21

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

Numbers

seventeen uses
  • The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

    Numbers 3:25

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, and the cords—all the service for these items.

    Numbers 3:26

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

    Numbers 4:25

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • the curtains of the courtyard, and the curtains for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. The Gershonites will do all that needs to be done with these items.

    Numbers 4:26

    • פֶּ֣תַח׀petachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 6:10

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Now this is the law of the Nazirite when his time of separation is complete: He must be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

    Numbers 6:13

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head, take the hair, and put it on the fire under the peace offering.

    Numbers 6:18

    • פֶּ֛תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 10:3

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.

    Numbers 11:10

    • לְפֶ֣תַחlefetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to entrance of
  • and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,

    Numbers 12:5

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 16:18

    • פֶּ֛תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.

    Numbers 16:19

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.

    Numbers 16:27

    • פֶּ֚תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, since the plague had been halted.

    Numbers 16:50

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.

    Numbers 20:6

    • פֶּ֙תַח֙petachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 25:6

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said,

    Numbers 27:2

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

Deuteronomy

two uses
  • she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.

    Deuteronomy 22:21

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.

    Deuteronomy 31:15

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

Joshua

three uses
  • He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.

    Joshua 8:29

    • פֶּ֙תַח֙petachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.

    Joshua 19:51

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

    Joshua 20:4

    • פֶּ֚תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

Judges

nine uses
  • “Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”

    Judges 4:20

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: opening of
  • Now Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.

    Judges 9:35

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.

    Judges 9:40

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.

    Judges 9:44

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.

    Judges 9:52

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.

    Judges 18:16

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.

    Judges 18:17

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.

    Judges 19:26

    • פֶּ֧תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.

    Judges 19:27

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

1 Samuel

one use
  • Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    1 Samuel 2:22

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: opening of

2 Samuel

three uses
  • The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.

    2 Samuel 10:8

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.

    2 Samuel 11:9

    • פֶּ֚תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.

    2 Samuel 11:23

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

1 Kings

nine uses
  • The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.

    1 Kings 6:8

    • פֶּ֗תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.

    1 Kings 6:31

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.

    1 Kings 6:33

    • לְפֶ֥תַחlefetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for entrance of
  • All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.

    1 Kings 7:5

    • הַפְּתָחִ֥יםhapetachimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the openings
  • So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.

    1 Kings 14:6

    • בַפֶּ֔תַחvapetachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the entrance
  • Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

    1 Kings 14:27

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”

    1 Kings 17:10

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

    1 Kings 19:13

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.

    1 Kings 22:10

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

2 Kings

five uses
  • “Call her,” said Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.

    2 Kings 4:15

    • בַּפָּֽתַח׃bapatachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: at the entrance
  • So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house.

    2 Kings 5:9

    • פֶּֽתַח־petach-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

    2 Kings 7:3

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.” And Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”

    2 Kings 10:8

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.

    2 Kings 23:8

    • פֶּ֜תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

1 Chronicles

two uses
  • Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    1 Chronicles 9:21

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singulartagged: entrance
  • The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come stayed by themselves in the open country.

    1 Chronicles 19:9

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

2 Chronicles

three uses
  • the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of purest gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.

    2 Chronicles 4:22

    • וּפֶ֣תַחufetachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and entrance of
  • Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

    2 Chronicles 12:10

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.

    2 Chronicles 18:9

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

Nehemiah

two uses
  • Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai diligently repaired another section, from the angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

    Nehemiah 3:20

    • פֶּ֙תַח֙petachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Next to him, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the doorway of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house.

    Nehemiah 3:21

    • מִפֶּ֙תַח֙mipetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from entrance of

Esther

one use
  • On the third day, Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.

    Esther 5:1

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

Job

two uses
  • If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

    Job 31:9

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: doorway of
  • because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

    Job 31:34

    • פָֽתַח׃fatachnoun · masculine singulartagged: door

Psalms

two uses
  • Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

    Psalms 24:7

    • פִּתְחֵ֣יpitcheinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O doors of
  • Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

    Psalms 24:9

    • פִּתְחֵ֣יpitcheinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O doors of

Proverbs

six uses
  • in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

    Proverbs 1:21

    • בְּפִתְחֵ֖יbefitcheipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at entrances of
  • Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

    Proverbs 5:8

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:

    Proverbs 8:3

    • פְתָחִ֣יםfetachimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: doorways
  • Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

    Proverbs 8:34

    • פְּתָחָֽי׃petachainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: doorways my
  • She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,

    Proverbs 9:14

    • לְפֶ֣תַחlefetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to doorway of
  • He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

    Proverbs 17:19

    • פִּ֝תְח֗וֹpitchonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: entrance his

Song of Solomon

one use
  • The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.

    Song of Solomon 7:13

    • פְּתָחֵ֙ינוּ֙petacheinunoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: doorways our

Isaiah

two uses
  • And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

    Isaiah 3:26

    • פְּתָחֶ֑יהָpetacheihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: gates its
  • Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

    Isaiah 13:2

    • פִּתְחֵ֥יpitcheinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: doors of

Jeremiah

five uses
  • For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.

    Jeremiah 1:15

    • פֶּ֣תַח׀petachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,

    Jeremiah 19:2

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.

    Jeremiah 26:10

    • בְּפֶ֥תַחbefetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at entrance of
  • From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.

    Jeremiah 36:10

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.

    Jeremiah 43:9

    • בְּפֶ֥תַחbefetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at entrance of

Ezekiel

thirty uses
  • He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.

    Ezekiel 8:3

    • פֶּ֜תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: opening of
  • Then He brought me to the entrance to the court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.

    Ezekiel 8:7

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • “Son of man,” He told me, “dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.

    Ezekiel 8:8

    • פֶּ֥תַחpetachnoun · masculine singulartagged: an opening
  • Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.

    Ezekiel 8:14

    • פֶּ֙תַח֙petachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

    Ezekiel 8:16

    • פֶ֜תַחfetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.

    Ezekiel 10:19

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.

    Ezekiel 11:1

    • בְּפֶ֣תַחbefetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at entrance of
  • As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’

    Ezekiel 33:30

    • וּבְפִתְחֵ֖יuvefitcheiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and in doorways of
  • And he measured the width of the gateway entrance to be ten cubits, and its length was thirteen cubits.

    Ezekiel 40:11

    • פֶּֽתַח־petach-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from doorway to doorway.

    Ezekiel 40:13

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singulartagged: entrance
    • פָּֽתַח׃patachnoun · masculine singulartagged: entrance
  • There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed.

    Ezekiel 40:38

    • וּפִתְחָ֔הּufitchahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and entrance its
  • Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.

    Ezekiel 40:40

    • לְפֶ֙תַח֙lefetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to entrance of
  • The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.

    Ezekiel 41:2

    • הַפֶּתַח֮hapetachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the entrance
    • הַפֶּ֔תַחhapetachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the entrance
  • And he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.

    Ezekiel 41:3

    • הַפֶּ֖תַחhapetachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the entrance
    • וְהַפֶּ֙תַח֙vehapetachconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the entrance
    • הַפֶּ֖תַחhapetachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the entrance
  • The side rooms opened into this area, with one entrance on the north and another on the south. The open area was five cubits wide all around.

    Ezekiel 41:11

    • וּפֶ֤תַחufetachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and entrance of
    • פֶּ֤תַחpetachnoun · masculine singulartagged: an entrance
    • וּפֶ֥תַחufetachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and an entrance
  • In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary on all the walls, spaced evenly around the inner and outer sanctuary,

    Ezekiel 41:17

    • הַפֶּ֡תַחhapetachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the entrance
  • Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary from the floor to the space above the entrance.

    Ezekiel 41:20

    • הַפֶּ֔תַחhapetachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the entrance
  • The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.

    Ezekiel 42:2

    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.

    Ezekiel 42:4

    • וּפִתְחֵיהֶ֖םufitcheihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and entrances their
  • with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions.

    Ezekiel 42:11

    • וּכְפִתְחֵיהֶֽן׃ukhefitcheihenconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: and like entrances their
  • And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward.

    Ezekiel 42:12

    • וּכְפִתְחֵ֣יukhefitcheiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and like entrances of
    • פֶּ֖תַחpetachnoun · masculine singulartagged: an entrance
  • On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.

    Ezekiel 46:3

    • פֶּ֚תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of
  • Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.

    Ezekiel 47:1

    • פֶּ֣תַחpetachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: entrance of

Hosea

one use
  • There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

    Hosea 2:15

    • לְפֶ֣תַחlefetachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to a door of

Micah

two uses
  • And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.

    Micah 5:6

    • בִּפְתָחֶ֑יהָbiftacheihapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: at entrances its
  • Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

    Micah 7:5

    • פִּתְחֵי־pitchei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: openings of

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