6596. poth
Strong's Lexicon
poth: Opening, entrance

Original Word: פֹת
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: poth
Pronunciation: pohth
Phonetic Spelling: (pohth)
Definition: Opening, entrance
Meaning: a hole, hinge, the female pudenda

Word Origin: Derived from the root פָּתָה (pathah), which means "to open" or "to be spacious."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for similar concepts is θύρα (thura), Strong's Greek #2374, which also means "door" or "entrance."

Usage: The Hebrew word "poth" refers to an opening or entrance, often used in the context of a doorway or a gate. It signifies a point of access or entry, both in a literal and metaphorical sense. In the Biblical context, it can denote the physical entrance to a structure or a symbolic opening to new opportunities or experiences.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, doorways and entrances held significant importance. They were not only practical architectural features but also carried symbolic meanings. The entrance to a home or city was a place of transition, where one moved from the outside world into a protected or sacred space. Entrances were often places of greeting, negotiation, and decision-making. In a spiritual sense, openings could represent new beginnings or divine opportunities.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
perhaps a hinge
NASB Translation
foreheads (1), hinges (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[מֹּת] noun [feminine] plural הַמֹּתוֺת לְדַלְתוֺת הַבַּיִת 1 Kings 7:50 i.e. probably the sockets above and below, in which the door-pivots turned (performing office of modern hinges); singular suffix מֳּתְהֵן Isaiah 3:17 (Ges§ 91f), probably, si vera lectio, their secret parts, cardo femina (so Thes and most); but read perhaps חֶרְמַּתְהֵן BachmSK. 1894, 650 Kit (in Di) Marti; > מִּאַתְהֵן StaZAW vi (1886), 336, compare ᵑ9 Di.

מְּתָאיִם see I. מֶּ֫תִי below I. פתה. below

מִּתְאֹם see מֶּתַע.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
hinge, secret participle

Or pothah (Ezek. 13:19) {po-thaw'}; from an unused root meaning to open; a hole, i.e. Hinge or the female pudenda -- hinge, secret participle

Forms and Transliterations
וְהַפֹּת֡וֹת והפתות פָּתְהֵ֥ן פתהן pā·ṯə·hên pateHen pāṯəhên vehappoTot wə·hap·pō·ṯō·wṯ wəhappōṯōwṯ
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Englishman's Concordance
1 Kings 7:50
HEB: זָהָ֣ב סָג֑וּר וְהַפֹּת֡וֹת לְדַלְתוֹת֩ הַבַּ֨יִת
NAS: gold; and the hinges both for the doors
KJV: gold; and the hinges [of] gold,
INT: gold of pure and the hinges the doors house

Isaiah 3:17
HEB: צִיּ֑וֹן וַיהוָ֖ה פָּתְהֵ֥ן יְעָרֶֽה׃ ס
NAS: will make their foreheads bare.
KJV: will discover their secret parts.
INT: of Zion and the LORD their foreheads will make

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6596
2 Occurrences


pā·ṯə·hên — 1 Occ.
wə·hap·pō·ṯō·wṯ — 1 Occ.















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