Strong's Hebrew · H6607
H6607 pethach
פֶּתַח
peh'-thakh
entrance
pethach appears 164 times in Scripture, including Genesis 4:7 and Exodus 29:32. 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
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
In the King James Version
door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
Derivation
from H6605 (פָּתַח);
Appears 164 times in Scripture
“And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.”
“Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.”
“At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket.”
“Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.”
“If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.””
“And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.”
“she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.”
“Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.”
“So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.”
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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).
