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
- Numbers 36:5פִּ֥י · the wordSo at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly.
- Deuteronomy 1:26פִּ֥י · against the commandBut you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 1:43פִּ֣י · the commandSo I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.
- Deuteronomy 8:3פִֽי־ · the mouthHe humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 9:23פִּ֤י · against the commandAnd when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.
- Deuteronomy 11:6פִּ֔יהָ · its mouth…and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
- Deuteronomy 13:15לְפִי־; לְפִי־…you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.
- Deuteronomy 17:6פִּ֣י׀ · the testimony; פִּ֖י · the testimonyOn the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
- Deuteronomy 17:10פִּ֤יYou must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,
- Deuteronomy 17:11פִּ֨י · to the terms…according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.
- Deuteronomy 18:18בְּפִ֔יו · in his mouthI will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
- Deuteronomy 19:15פִּ֣י׀ · the testimony; פִּ֥יA lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- Deuteronomy 20:13לְפִי־When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
- Deuteronomy 21:5פִּיהֶ֥םAnd the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
- Deuteronomy 21:17פִּ֣י · portionInstead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
- Deuteronomy 23:23בְּפִֽיךָ׃ס · with your own mouthBe careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.
- Deuteronomy 30:14בְּפִ֥יךָ · [it is] in your mouthBut the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.
- Deuteronomy 31:19בְּפִיהֶ֑ם · itNow therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
- Deuteronomy 31:21מִפִּ֣י · from the lipsAnd when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
- Deuteronomy 32:1פִֽי׃ · of my mouthGive ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- Deuteronomy 34:5פִּ֥י · had saidSo Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.
- Joshua 1:8מִפִּ֗יךָ · from your mouthThis Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
- Joshua 1:18פִּ֗יךָ · against your orderAnyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”
- Joshua 6:10מִפִּיכֶ֖ם · of your mouthBut Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”
- Joshua 6:21לְפִי־ · With the edgeWith the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
- Joshua 8:24לְפִי־; לְפִי־When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.
- Joshua 9:2פֶּ֖ה…they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.
- Joshua 9:14פִּ֥י · the counselThen the men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.
- Joshua 10:18פִּ֣י · the mouthSo Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men there to guard them.
- Joshua 10:22פִּ֣י · the mouthThen Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”
- Joshua 10:27פִּ֣י · the mouthAt sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
- Joshua 10:28לְפִי־On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- Joshua 10:30לְפִי־And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- Joshua 10:32לְפִי־And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.
- Joshua 10:35לְפִי־That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.
- Joshua 10:37לְפִי־They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.
- Joshua 10:39לְפִי־And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.
- Joshua 11:11לְפִי־The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.
- Joshua 11:12לְפִי־Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.
- Joshua 11:14לְפִי־The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.
- Joshua 15:13פִּ֥י · commandAccording to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
- Joshua 17:4פִּ֤י · the command ofThey approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.
- Joshua 18:4לְפִ֥י · according toAppoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me
- Joshua 19:47לְפִי־(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)
- Joshua 19:50פִּ֨י · had commanded…as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.
- Joshua 21:3פִּ֣י · the commandSo by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance: