Definition
from H6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Traditional renderings: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word.
Traditional renderings: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders פֶּה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
497 total
- Genesis 4:11פִּ֔יהָ · its mouthNow you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
- Genesis 8:11בְּפִ֑יהָ · in her beakAnd behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
- Genesis 24:57פִּֽיהָ׃ · her opinionSo they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”
- Genesis 25:28בְּפִ֑יו · had a tasteBecause Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
- Genesis 29:2פִּ֥י · the mouthHe looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
- Genesis 29:3פִּ֣י · the mouth; פִּ֥י · the mouthWhen all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
- Genesis 29:8פִּ֣י · the mouthBut they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
- Genesis 29:10פִּ֣י · the mouthAs soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
- Genesis 34:26לְפִי־They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
- Genesis 41:40פִּ֖יךָ · your commandsYou shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
- Genesis 42:27בְּפִ֥י · in the mouthAt the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.
- Genesis 43:7פִּ֖יThey replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
- Genesis 43:12בְּפִ֤י · into the mouthsTake double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
- Genesis 43:21בְּפִ֣י · in the mouthBut when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.
- Genesis 44:1בְּפִ֥י · in the mouthThen Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
- Genesis 44:2בְּפִי֙ · in the mouthPut my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
- Genesis 44:8בְּפִ֣י · in the mouthsWe even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
- Genesis 45:12פִ֖י · I, [Joseph],Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
- Genesis 45:21פִּ֣י · had instructedSo the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.
- Genesis 47:12לְפִ֥י · forJoseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
- Exodus 4:10פֶּ֛ה · of speech“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
- Exodus 4:11פֶּה֮ · his mouthAnd the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Exodus 4:12פִּ֔יךָ · as you speakNow go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
- Exodus 4:15בְּפִ֑יו · in his mouth; פִּ֙יךָ֙ · both of you to speak; פִּ֔יהוּYou are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
- Exodus 4:16לְפֶ֔ה · spokesmanHe will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
- Exodus 12:4לְפִ֣יIf the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
- Exodus 13:9בְּפִ֑יךָ · on your lipsIt shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
- Exodus 16:16לְפִ֣י · asThis is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”
- Exodus 16:18לְפִֽי־ · asWhen they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.
- Exodus 16:21כְּפִ֣י · as muchEvery morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.
- Exodus 17:1פִּ֣י · commandedThen the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
- Exodus 17:13לְפִי־So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.
- Exodus 23:13פִּֽיךָ׃ · your lipsPay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
- Exodus 28:32פִֽי־ · an opening; לְפִ֨יו · with an opening; כְּפִ֥י · like that…with an opening at its top in the center. Around the opening shall be a woven collar with an opening like that of a garment, so that it will not tear.
- Exodus 34:27פִּ֣י׀The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
- Exodus 38:21פִּ֣י · commandThis is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
- Exodus 39:23וּפִֽי־ · with an opening; כְּפִ֣י · like that; לְפִ֛יו · the opening…with an opening in the center of the robe like that of a garment, with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.
- Leviticus 24:12פִּ֥י · until the willThey placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
- Leviticus 25:16לְפִ֣י׀ · in proportion; וּלְפִי֙ · in proportion toYou shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.
- Leviticus 25:51לְפִיהֶן֙ · in proportion toIf many years remain, he must pay for his redemption in proportion to his purchase price.
- Leviticus 25:52כְּפִ֣י · according toIf only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to calculate and pay his redemption according to his remaining years.
- Leviticus 27:8פִּ֗יBut if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.