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
- Joshua 22:9פִּ֥י · the commandSo the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
- Judges 1:8לְפִי־Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
- Judges 1:25לְפִי־So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.
- Judges 4:15לְפִי־And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
- Judges 4:16לְפִי־Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
- Judges 7:6פִּיהֶ֔ם · their mouthsAnd the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
- Judges 9:38פִ֙יךָ֙ · is your gloating“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”
- Judges 11:35פִי֙As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
- Judges 11:36פִּ֙יךָ֙; מִפִּ֑יךָ“My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”
- Judges 18:19פִּ֙יךָ֙ · your mouth“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
- Judges 18:27לְפִי־After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
- Judges 20:37לְפִי־The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.
- Judges 20:48לְפִי־And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
- Judges 21:10לְפִי־So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
- 1 Samuel 1:12פִּֽיהָ׃ · her mouthAs Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.
- 1 Samuel 2:1פִּי֙ · My mouthAt that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
- 1 Samuel 2:3מִפִּיכֶ֑ם · from your mouthDo not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
- 1 Samuel 12:14פִּ֣י · the commandIf you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
- 1 Samuel 12:15פִּ֣י · commandBut if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.
- 1 Samuel 13:21פִ֗ים · a pimThe charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.
- 1 Samuel 14:26פִּ֔יו · his mouthAnd when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.
- 1 Samuel 14:27פִּ֔יו · his mouthJonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
- 1 Samuel 15:8לְפִי־He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
- 1 Samuel 15:24פִּֽי־ · commandmentThen Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
- 1 Samuel 17:35מִפִּ֑יו · from its mouthI went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.
- 1 Samuel 22:19לְפִי־; לְפִי־He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
- 2 Samuel 1:16פִ֗יךָ · your own mouthFor David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
- 2 Samuel 13:32פִּ֤יBut Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
- 2 Samuel 14:3בְּפִֽיהָ׃ · in her mouthThen go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
- 2 Samuel 14:19בְּפִ֣יSo the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
- 2 Samuel 15:14לְפִי־ · toAnd David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
- 2 Samuel 17:5בְּפִ֖יו · has to sayThen Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
- 2 Samuel 18:25בְּפִ֑יו · he bearsSo he called out and told the king. “If he is alone,” the king replied, “he bears good news.” As the first runner drew near,
- 2 Samuel 22:9מִפִּ֖יו · His mouthSmoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
- 1 Kings 7:31וּ֠פִיהוּ · The opening [to each stand]; וּפִ֙יהָ֙ · opening; פִּ֙יהָ֙ · its openingThe opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.
- 1 Kings 8:15בְּפִ֔יו · with His mouth…and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
- 1 Kings 8:24בְּפִ֛יךָ · with Your mouthYou have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.
- 1 Kings 13:21פִּ֣י · the word…and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,
- 1 Kings 13:26פִּ֣י · the commandWhen the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”
- 1 Kings 17:1לְפִ֥י · atNow Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
- 1 Kings 17:24בְּפִ֖יךָ · from your mouthThen the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”
- 1 Kings 19:18הַפֶּ֔ה · mouthsNevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
- 1 Kings 22:13פֶּֽה־ · accordThen the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
- 1 Kings 22:22בְּפִ֖י · in the mouthsAnd he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
- 1 Kings 22:23בְּפִ֖י · in the mouthsSo you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”
- 2 Kings 2:9פִּֽי־ · portionAfter they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.