פֶּה
mouth
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 465 times (93%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 32 times (6%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 498 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 3 of 3 — showing verses 401–460 of 460 distinct verses where H6310 appears, across 35 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Jeremiah 25 verses
- Jeremiah 32:4 פִּ֣י/ו פִּ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;
- Jeremiah 34:3 וּ/פִ֛י/הוּ פִּ֥י/ךָ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 36:4 מִ/פִּ֣י prep + n c ms cs Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Yahweh, which he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.
- Jeremiah 36:6 מִ/פִּ/י֩ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs therefore go you, and read in the scroll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of Yahweh in the ears of the people in Yahweh's house on the fast-day; and also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah who come out of their cities.
- Jeremiah 36:17 מִ/פִּֽי/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?
- Jeremiah 36:18 מִ/פִּי/ו֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
- Jeremiah 36:27 מִ/פִּ֥י prep + n c ms cs Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the scroll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
- Jeremiah 36:32 מִ/פִּ֣י prep + n c ms cs Then took Jeremiah another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides to them many like words.
- Jeremiah 44:17 מִ/פִּ֗י/נוּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cp But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
- Jeremiah 44:25 בְּ/פִי/כֶם֮ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, saying, You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink-offerings to her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.
- Jeremiah 44:26 בְּ/פִ֣י prep + n c ms cs Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says Yahweh, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Yahweh lives.
- Jeremiah 45:1 מִ/פִּ֣י prep + n c ms cs The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these word in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
- Jeremiah 48:28 פִי n c ms cs You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.
- Jeremiah 51:44 מִ/פִּ֔י/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more to him: yes, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Lamentations 5 verses
- Lamentations 1:18 פִ֣י/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow: My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
- Lamentations 2:16 פִּי/הֶם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
- Lamentations 3:29 פִּ֔י/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
- Lamentations 3:38 מִ/פִּ֤י prep + n c ms cs Doesn't evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
- Lamentations 3:46 פִּי/הֶ֖ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
Ezekiel 16 verses
- Ezekiel 2:8 פִ֔י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms But you, son of man, hear what I tell you; don't be you rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.
- Ezekiel 3:2 פִּ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.
- Ezekiel 3:3 בְּ/פִ֖/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He said to me, Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
- Ezekiel 3:17 מִ/פִּ/י֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
- Ezekiel 3:27 פִּ֔י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: He who hears, let him hear; and he who forbears, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 4:14 בְּ/פִ֖/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
- Ezekiel 16:56 בְּ/פִ֑י/ךְ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride,
- Ezekiel 16:63 פֶּ֔ה n c ms that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 21:22 פֶּה֙ n c ms In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
- Ezekiel 24:27 פִּ֨י/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms In that day shall your mouth be opened to him who is escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more mute: so shall you be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 29:21 פֶּ֖ה n c ms In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth to the house of Israel, and I will give you the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 33:7 מִ/פִּ/י֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
- Ezekiel 33:22 פִּ֔/י פִּ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now the hand of Yahweh had been on me in the evening, before he who was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more mute.
- Ezekiel 33:31 בְּ/פִי/הֶם֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp They come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
- Ezekiel 34:10 מִ/פִּי/הֶ֔ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
- Ezekiel 35:13 בְּ/פִי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp You have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard it.
Daniel 2 verses
- Daniel 10:3 פִּ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.
- Daniel 10:16 פִּ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength.
Hosea 3 verses
- Hosea 2:17 מִ/פִּ֑י/הָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, And they will no more be mentioned by their name.
- Hosea 6:5 פִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
- Hosea 10:12 לְ/פִי prep + n c ms cs Sow to yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; For it is time to seek Yahweh, Until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
Joel 1 verse
Amos 2 verses
- Amos 3:12 מִ/פִּ֧י prep + n c ms cs Thus says Yahweh: "As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, Or a piece of an ear, So shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, And on the silken cushions of a bed."
- Amos 6:5 פִּ֣י n c ms cs Who strum on the strings of a harp; Who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
Obadiah 1 verse
Micah 5 verses
- Micah 3:5 פִּי/הֶ֔ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace!" and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
- Micah 4:4 פִ֛י n c ms cs But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; And no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Hosts has spoken.
- Micah 6:12 בְּ/פִי/הֶֽם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
- Micah 7:5 פִֽי/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, Be careful of the words of your mouth!
- Micah 7:16 פֶּ֔ה n c ms The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.
Nahum 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
Zechariah 6 verses
- Zechariah 1:21 כְּ/פִי prep + n c ms cs Then I asked, "What are these coming to do?" He said, "These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it."
- Zechariah 5:8 פִּֽי/הָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.
- Zechariah 8:9 מִ/פִּי֙ prep + n c ms cs Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who were in the day that the foundation of the house of Yahweh of Hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.
- Zechariah 9:7 מִ/פִּ֗י/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms I will take away his blood out of his mouth, And his abominations from between his teeth; And he also will be a remnant for our God; And he will be as a chieftain in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite.
- Zechariah 13:8 פִּֽי n c ms cs It shall happen that in all the land," says Yahweh, Two parts in it will be cut off and die; But the third will be left in it.
- Zechariah 14:12 בְּ/פִי/הֶֽם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth.
Malachi 3 verses
- Malachi 2:6 בְּ/פִ֔י/הוּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
- Malachi 2:7 מִ/פִּ֑י/הוּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Hosts.
- Malachi 2:9 כְּ/פִ֗י prep + n c ms cs "Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, פה (peh) means “mouth.” Scripture first uses it in Genesis 4:11. Spanning 460 verses in 35 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Carrying more than one sense, it rewards its full sense range. From the same root come פאה, פיה and פם. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
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About this word
Strong's H6310 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 460
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 460 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #102
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 102 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 460 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 460 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 188 verses · 41%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 165 verses · 36%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 107 verses · 23%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Mouth 293×, Edge 31×, According 19×
- American Standard Version: Mouth 258×, Edge 26×, According 19×
- Berean Standard Bible: Mouth 199×, Mouths 40×, Command 32×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Mouth 256×, Mouth of 152×, Mouths 14×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6310 across 496 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 74 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6310 across 494 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 94 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6310 across 423 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 58 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 56 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6310 across 493 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 30 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
17 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 17 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1.
- a. mouth, of man, organ of eating and drinking Gn 25:28 Ju 7:6 1 S 14:26, 27 Ne 9:20 Pr 19:24 = 26:15 +; fig. as finding things sweet Jb 20:12 ψ 119:103; fig. of earth Gn 4:11, swallowing Korah, etc. Nu 16:30, 32; 26:10 Dt 11:6; fig. also of She’ôl, וּפָֽעֲרָה פִיהָ Is 5:14, cf. ψ 69:16. e.g. Genesis 25:28
- b. external organ, וַיָּשֶׂם פִּיו עַל־פִּיו 2 K 4:34 Pr 30:20; of kissing 1 K 19:18 Ct 1:2; וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִי Jb 31:27; cf. phr. שִׂים יָד עַל־פֶּה (of keeping silence) Ju 18:19 Mi 7:16 Jb 21:5, cf. 29:9; 40:4 Pr 30:32; of mocking triumph פָּעַר עָלַי בְּפ׳ Jb 16:10; הִרְחִיב פ׳ עַל ψ 35:21 Is 57:4, also רָחַב פִּי עַל 1 S 2:1. e.g. 2 Kings 4:34
- c. of י׳ in theoph., sending out fire 2 S 22:9 = ψ 18:9. e.g. 2 Samuel 22:9
- 2.
- a. much oftener, as organ of speech, of man: פ׳ speaks Gn 45:12 2 S 1:16 Is 9:16 Jb 9:20; 15:5, 6 ψ 37:30 +; speak בְּמוֹ־פִי Jb 19:16; open פ׳, אֶל־י׳ Ju 11:35, 36, abs. Jb 3:1; 33:2 +; shut פ׳ (be silent) Is 52:15, cf. חָשַׂךְ פ׳ Jb 7:11, and (of iniquity, personif.) קָפַץ פ׳ Jb 5:16 ψ 107:42; guard פ׳, Pr 13:3 (נָצַר), 21:23 (שָׁמַר), cf. שָׁמַר פִּתְחֵי פ׳ Mi 7:5, also ψ 39:2 (v. שׁמר); words, etc., are in (ב) mouth 2 S 17:5; 18:25 Dt 30:14 1 K 17:24; שִׂים דְּבָרִים בְּפ׳ 2 S 14:3, 19 Ex 4:15, also (God subj.) Nu 22:38; 23:12, 16 +; of utterance יָצָא מִפּ׳ Ju 11:36 Nu 30:3; 32:24 Jos 6:10 +; depart from mouth (cease to be mentioned) מוּשׁ מִפּ׳ Jos 1:8 Is 59:21, cf. נִכְרַת מִפּ׳ Je 7:28, לֹא יִשָּׁמַע עַל־פִּיךָ Ex 23:13; אִמְרֵי פ׳ Dt 32:1 words of my mouth, so Jb 8:2 ψ 19:15; 54:4; דִּבְרֵי פ׳ ψ 36:4 Ec 10:12, 13a; of agency, בְּפּ׳ by the mouth of 2 Ch 36:21, 22 = מִפּ׳ Ezr 1:1; דִּבֶּר פִּיו עִם־פִּיו Je 32:4 speak mouth to mouth (cf. 34:3 Nu 12:8); פ׳ = speech Is 29:13 ψ 49:14 Ec 10:13b; כְּבַד פ׳ Ex 4:10 heavy of speech (not eloquent); אֶהְיֶה עִם־פ׳ v 12, 15, i.e. aid thee in speaking; יִהְיֶה־לְּךָ לְפ׳ v 16 he shall be mouth for thee; מִפִּיו יִקְרָא אֵלַי Je 36:18, i.e. dictate; כָּתַב מִפּ׳ v. כָּתַב 1 b (3); bad qualities ascribed to it, עִקְּשׁוּת פ׳ Pr 4:24; 6:12; פִּי תַהְפֻּכוֹת 8:13; פֶּה חָלָק 26:28; אַל־תַּגְדֵּל פ׳ Ob 12, cf. Mi 6:12 Ez 35:13. e.g. Genesis 45:12
- b. as laughing Jb 8:21 ψ 126:2; panting 119:131. e.g. Job 8:21
- c. of God; his mouth speaks Is 1:20; 40:5 Je 9:11 +; he speaks בְּפ׳ 1 K 8:15, 34; wd. proceeds מִפּ׳ Dt 8:3 Is 45:23 +; פֶּה אֶל־פֶּה אֲדַבֵּר בּוֹ Nu 12:8; he creates בְּרוּחַ פִּיו ψ 33:6; he executes judgment בְּשֵׁבֶט פִּיו Is 11:4; especially = command: עָבַר אֶת־פִּי י׳ 1 S 15:24 Nu 14:41; 22:18; 24:13 Pr 8:29; פ׳ (אֶת־) מָרָה 1 S 12:14, 15 Nu 20:24 1 K 13:21 +; cf. 6 d. e.g. Isaiah 1:20
- d. of idols, ψ 115:5; 136:16, 17. e.g. Psalms 115:5
- e. of musical instr. = sound Am 6:5 (cf. 6 d). e.g. Amos 6:5
- 3. of animals: bird Gn 8:11 (carrying), Is 10:14 (chirping); ass Nu 22:28 (speaking); bear, lion 1 S 17:35 (seizing), Am 3:12 (id.), hippop. Jb 40:23 (drinking), crocod. 41:11, 13 (breathing flame); also of human foes, under fig. of ravenous beasts ψ 22:22 Ez 21:27; 34:10; פָּצָה פ׳ עַל ψ 22:14 La 2:16; 3:46; hence of edge of sword, חֶרֶב פִּיּוֹת Pr 5:4 a sword with edges (in sim.), = ח׳ פִּיפִיּוֹת ψ 149:6; cf. Ju 3:16; v. also 6 c (2), infr.; בַּעַל פִּיפִיּוֹת Is 41:15, of מוֹרַג. e.g. Genesis 8:11
- 4. mouth = opening, orifice; of well Gn 29:2, 3(×2), 8, 10; cave Jos 10:18, 22, 27; ravine, abyss Je 48:28 (si vera l., cf. Gie); also of She’ôl ψ 141:7; of a sack Gn 42:27; 43:12, 21; 44:1, 2, 8; ephah Zc 5:8; high-priest’s robe Ex 28:32 + 5 times, cf. prob. ψ 133:2; tunic Jb 30:18; of a round opening also 1 K 7:31(×3) (on text and meaning v. Benz Kit); of mouth of Nile Is 19:7 (others brink); gate of city Pr 8:3 (but read perhaps לִפְנֵי, v. Toy). e.g. Genesis 29:2
- 5.
- a. extremity, end פֶּה לָפֶה from end to end, of a temple 2 K 10:21; city 21:16, מִפֶּה אֶל־פֶּה of land Ezr 9:11. e.g. 2 Kings 10:21
- b. = portion, פִּי שְׁנַיִם †Dt 21:17 2 K 2:9 Zc 13:8. e.g. Deuteronomy 21:17
- 6. with preps.:—
- a. אֶל פִּי, v. infr. d(2).
- b. כְּפִי: (a) according to the command of, 1 Ch 12:23; (b) according to the mouth of, i.e. in proportion to (cf. Assyrian ki-i pi-i, DlHWB325), †Ex 16:21 they gathered it אִישׁ כְּפִי אָכְלוֹ each in proportion to his eating (v 16, 18 לְפִי), Lv 25:52 כְּפִי שָׁנָיו according to the number of his years (cf. v 16 לְפִי); Nu 6:21; 7:5 אִישׁ כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתוֹ (so 2 Ch 31:2), 7:7, 8; 35:8 (all P); Jb 33:6 הֵן־אֲנִי כְפִיךָ לָאֵל I am in the proportion of thee as regards God, i.e. I stand towards God even as thou dost. As conj., כְּפִי אֲשֶׁר, †Ml 2:9 כְּפִי אֲשֶׁר אֵינְכֶם שֹׁמְרִים אֶת־דְּרָכַי acc. as ye do not keep, etc.; and without אשׁר Zc 2:4 כְּפִי אִישׁ־לֹא נָשָׂא רֹאשׁוֹ in such proportion that none did lift up his head (but We Now אֲשֶׁר for אִישׁ, that it, Judah, did not, etc.). e.g. 1 Chronicles 12:23
- c. לְפִי, nearly i.q. כְּפִי (v. לְ 5 i b), but more common (cf. Aramaic לְפוּם, ܠܦܽܘܬ ): (1) †Gn 47:12 לְפִי הַטָּ֑ף, Ex 12:4 ye shall compute אִישׁ לְפִי אָכְלוֹ each according to his eating (according to the quantity which his family will consume), 16:16, 18 Lv 25:16 לְפִי רֹב הַשָּׁנִים, v 16, 51; 27:16 לְפִי זַרְעוֹ, Nu 26:54 Jos 18:4 1 K 17:1 לְפִי דְבָרִי כִּי אִם־, Ho 10:12 קִצְרוּ לְפִי חֶסֶד (‖ לִצְדָקָה), Pr 12:8; 27:21: sq. inf. Nu 9:17 לְפִי הֵעָלוֹת הֶעָנָן = acc. as the cloud was lifted up, Je 29:10. (2) in the phr. לְפִי חֶרֶב according to the mouth, or measure, of the sword, i.e. as the sword devours, without quarter, Gn 34:26 Ex 17:13 Nu 21:24 + often e.g. Genesis 47:12
- d. עַל פִּי: (1) according to (עַל) 1 f a) the mouth of, i.e. (α) the command of, Gn 41:40; 45:21 Ex 17:1; 38:21 Nu 3:16, 39 + (especially P), 2 K 23:35; (β) the evidence or sentence of, Dt 17:6 עַל־פִּי עֵד אֶחָד, 19:15; 21:5 (on עַל־פִּי הַנָּ֑כֶל Am 6:5, v. 2 e supr.). (2) according to the measure of, in accordance with, †Gn 43:7 we told him על פי הדברים האלה according to these words (i.e. the questions Joseph asked), Ex 34:27 in accordance with these words, Lv 27:8 על־פי אשׁר תַּשִּׂיג יַד הנֹּדֵר according to what the hand of the vower can reach to, v 18 (cf. לְפִי 25:16, 51), Dt 17:10, 11 2 S 13:32 (but v. שׂוּמָה), Pr 22:6 חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר על פי דרכו. In the same sense אֶל פִּ׳, †Jos 15:13; 17:4; 21:3. e.g. Genesis 41:40
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Word origin
n.m. Jos 9:2 mouth (prob. bilit. [פו, פי] Sta§ 183; NH = BH; Ph. לפי according to; Assyrian pû, mouth; Arabic فُوهٌ, فَاهٌ, فِيهٌ; Ethiopic አፍ; Syriac ܠܦܽܘܬ according to; but also Arabic فَمّ, فُمّ, فِمّ, Biblical Aramaic פֻּם, 𝔗 פּוּמָא; Syriac ܦܽܘܡܳܐ; Mand. פומא NöM § 87);—abs. פ׳ Ex 4:10 +, cstr. פִּי Is 1:20 +; sf. 1 s. פִּי Gn 45:12 +, 2 ms. פִּיךָ 41:40 +, 3 ms. פִּיו 25:28 +, פִּיהוּ Ex 4:15 +, 3 mpl. פִּיהֶם Ju 7:6 +, פִּימוֹ ψ 17:10 + 2 times, etc.; pl. פִּיּוֹת Pr 5:4, פֵיוֹת (שְׁנֵי) Ju 3:16, פִּיפִיּוֹת Is 41:15 ψ 149:6; פִּים 1 S 13:21 (corrupt, v. Dr al.);—
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Derived from פאה (pâʼâh) (H6284) — to shatter.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
פֶּה
- c. (b. h.) [opening,] orifice, mouth; speech. Ḥull. 142ᵃ, v. לָחַךְ. Pes. 113ᵇ המדבר אחד בפה ואחד בלב he who speaks one way with his mouth, and another way in his heart. Ex. R. s. 1 (play on בפרך, Ex. I, 13) בפה רך with soft (persuasive) speech; Sot. 11ᵇ. Tanḥ. Kor. 9 עד שהביאתו לפִי הארץ וכ׳ until it (the fire) brought him to the opening of the earth, among those that were swallowed up; Yalk. Num. 752. Sabb. 140ᵇ, sq. בהמה שפִּיהָ יפה a beast whose mouth is clean (that does not drop saliva when eating; oth. opin.: that is fastidious about its food), opp. שפיה רעה; a. v. fr.—Keth. I, 6, a. e. לא מִפּיהָ וכ׳, v. חָיָה. Shebu. IV, 1 מִפִּי עצמו (an oath) out of his own mouth (‘I swear that I know no testimony in thy case’), מפי אחרים administered by others.—בְּעַל פה or על פה by word of mouth. Gitt. 72ᵇ top אי אמר ר׳ יוסי בעל פה whether R. Yose had the same opinion in the case of a verbal condition. Ib. 60ᵇ תורה רוב בכתב ומיעוט על פה of the interpretations of the Law, the larger portion rests on the written text, the smaller on oral tradition. Ib. דברים שבכתב … על פה דברים שבעל פה וכ׳ written things (Biblical passages) must not be recited from memory, verbally transmitted words must not be recited from writing.—תורה שבעל פה (abbrev. שבע"פ) oral law. Yoma 28ᵇ, a. fr., v. כְּתָב.—לְפִי a) according to, in proportion to. B. Bath. 11ᵇ לפי בני אדם in proportion to the number of inhabitants of a house; לפי פתחים in proportion to the number of entrances (of a building); a. fr.—b) because. Snh. VII, 4 לפי שבאת לפיכך וכ׳ … because a human being has gone to ruin through it, therefore &c.; a. fr., v. לְפִיכָךְ.—Trnsf. any orifice. Ab. V, 6 פי הארץ the opening of the earth (that swallowed Korah); פי הבאר the opening for the well (Num. XXI, 16).—Nidd. 16ᵇ רוק בתוך הפה spittle in the mouth, euphem. for blood in the orifice of the matrix. Snh. 100ᵃ (play on ת̇ר̇ופ̇ה̇, Ez. XLVII, 12) להת̇יר̇ פ̇ה̇ של מטה to open the lower orifice (the womb of the childless), opp. פה של מעלה the mouth; ib. להתיר פה עקרות; Men. 98ᵃ; a. fr.—Pl. a) פִּיּוֹת. Deut. R. s. 2 (ref. to Zech. XIII, 8) הפ׳ שאומרים שתי וכ׳ those mouths that say, there are two powers (good and evil). Cant. R. to IV, 4 (play on תלפיות, ib.) ספר שאמרוהו פ׳ הרבה the book (תִּלִּים, Psalms) which many mouths have indited (the book of many authors). Ib. ת̇ל̇ שמתפללין בו כל פ׳ the mound (Temple ruins) towards which all mouths are directed in prayer; Ber. 30ᵃ. Ib. 5ᵃ (expl. פיפיות, Ps. CXLIX, 6) חרב של שתי פ׳ a two-edged sword; a. fr.—Ab. d’R. N. ch. XXVIII שתי פ׳ two faces, v. פִּינָּה.—b) פִּיפִיּוֹת. Num. R. s. 18 באותה … פ׳ הרבה at that moment many mouths of the earth were opened (Yalk. ib. 752 פיות).—c) (Chald. pl.) פּוּמִין open vessels; topmost layer in open vessels. Tosef. Ter. V, 11 אם יש [שם] מאה פ׳ וכ׳ if a hundred open vessels are there (in one of which an upper layer of T’rumah has been put) &c.; הפ׳ אסורין the upper layers are forbidden; Y. ib. IV, 43ᵃ bot. e.g. Exodus 1:13
פָּה
- pah, name of a worm in figs. Sabb. 90ᵃ פה דתאני וכ׳ the pah in figs … is dangerous. Ib. קטליה פ"ה לדין (not קטלה) the pah has killed that man.
פה
- , Y. Snh. I, 18ᶜ bot., v. פּוּחַ ch.
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Forms in the corpus
The 226 distinct written forms H6310 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 166 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H6310, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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- מפיבשת Mᵉphîybôsheth H4648 Mephibosheth
- פואה Pûwʼâh H6312 Puah
- פי החירת Pîy ha-Chîyrôth H6367 Pi-hahiroth
- פיכל Pîykôl H6369 Phichol
- פינחס Pîynᵉchâç H6372 Phinehas
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 9 — not the complete family. 5 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 425 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 460 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:11
- Exodus 4:10
- Leviticus 24:12
- Numbers 3:16
- Deuteronomy 1:26
- Joshua 1:8
- Judges 1:8
- 1 Samuel 1:12
- 2 Samuel 1:16
- 1 Kings 7:31
- 2 Kings 2:9
- 1 Chronicles 12:23
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
