Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6616
פָּתִיל
pathilpaw-theel'
cord
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pâthîyl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6616is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6616
twine
The King James renders it: bound, bracelet, lace, line, ribband, thread, wire.
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
pathil is rendered "cord". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Five of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 38:18“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.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
“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.
Genesis 38:18וּפְתִילֶ֔ךָ
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
- a cord of3
- with a cord of2
- a cord1
- and a cord of1
- and cord your1
- and the cord1
- the thread of1
- threads1
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.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 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
- בִּפְתִ֣יל2
- פְּתִ֣יל2
- וְהַפְּתִילִ֛ים1
- וּפְתִיל־1
- וּפְתִילֶ֔ךָ1
- פְּתִ֥יל1
- פָּתִ֖יל1
- פְּתִֽיל־1
- פְּתִילִם֒1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Td/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
Genesis
two uses
“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.
- וּפְתִילֶ֔ךָufetilekhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and cord your
As 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?”
- וְהַפְּתִילִ֛יםvehapetilimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the cord
Exodus
five uses
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.
- בִּפְתִ֣ילbiftilpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with a cord of
Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.
- פְּתִ֣ילpetilnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a cord of
They 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.
- פְּתִילִם֒petilimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: threads
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.
- בִּפְתִ֣ילbiftilpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with a cord of
Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- פְּתִ֣ילpetilnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a cord of
Numbers
two uses
“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.
- פְּתִ֥ילpetilnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a cord of
and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.
- פָּתִ֖ילpatilnoun · masculine singulartagged: a cord
Judges
one use
While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
- פְּתִֽיל־petil-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the thread of
Ezekiel
one use
So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.
- וּפְתִיל־ufetil-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a cord 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 family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.