Strong's Hebrew · H5409

H5409 nêthach

נֵתַח

nay'-thakh

piece

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nêthach appears 13 times in Scripture, including Exodus 29:17 and Leviticus 1:6. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a fragment

In the King James Version

part, piece.

Derivation

from H5408 (נָתַח);

Appears 13 times in Scripture

Leviticus 9:13

“They brought him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar.”

Judges 19:29

“When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.”

Leviticus 1:12

“He is to cut the animal into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and fat, atop the burning wood that is on the altar.”

Leviticus 1:6

“Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.”

Leviticus 1:8

“Then Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, atop the burning wood on the altar.”

Leviticus 8:20

“He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.”

Ezekiel 24:4

“Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones.”

Exodus 29:17

“Cut the ram into pieces, wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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