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פְּתִחָה

pᵉthichâh · H6609 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. drawn sword

    A sword that has been removed from its scabbard in order to harm someone else

    Examples

    Psalm 55:21 His speech was smoother than butter, But his heart was war; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.

How it’s used In 1 role

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Near synonyms 1 word
חֶרֶב chereb · H2719 · chisel, knife, sword
The most common Hebrew word for sword; פְּתִחָה appears to be a rare or specialized term for a drawn/unsheathed sword, while חֶרֶב is the standard general term
In the other Testament 2 words
μάχαιρα máchaira · G3162 · sword, dagger, war
Standard Greek translation equivalent for a drawn/unsheathed sword, the common term for sword in the LXX and NT
ῥομφαία rhomphaía · G4501 · sword, war, fighting
Alternative Greek term for sword, often used in LXX for Hebrew sword terminology, particularly for a large or threatening sword
Semantic domains 1 entry
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פְּתִחָה denotes a drawn sword, as of the wicked whose words are described as drawn swords in Psalm 55:22.
Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

פָּתַח pâthach · H6605 · to open, to open up · 144×פֶּתַח pethach · H6607 · opening, entrance, doorway · 164×פִּתּוּחַ pittûwach · H6603 · engravings · 11×מַפְתֵּחַ maphtêach · H4668 · key · 3×פְּתַח pᵉthach · H6606 · open · 2×פִּתְחוֹן pithchôwn · H6610 · power to speak · 2×מִפְתָּח miphtâch · H4669 · spoken words · 1×פֵּתַח pêthach · H6608 · explanation · 1×פְּתִחָהpᵉthichâh · H6609
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6609. pethichah [מְּתִיחָה] noun [feminine] drawn sword; — plural מְּתִחוֺת Psa 55:22…
H6609. pethichah
[מְּתִיחָה] noun [feminine] drawn sword; — plural מְּתִחוֺת Psa 55:22 (figurative of words; compare Ezekiel 21:33; Psa 37:14).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Weapons1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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