Strong's Lexicon

H6596

H6596 — פּוֹת פּוֹתָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewpothnoun femOccurrences: 2TWOT: 1850

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6596
Word:	פּוֹת פּוֹתָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from an unused root meaning to open
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	poth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	pohth (or pothah (Ezek. 13) n-f.
Meaning:	1. a hole, i.e. hinge or the female pudenda
KJV Renderings:	hinge, secret participle

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6854

[פֹּת] noun [feminine] plural הַפֹּתוֺת לְדַלְתוֺת הַבַּיִת 1Kgs 7:50 i.e. probably the sockets above and below, in which the door-pivots turned (performing office of modern hinges); singular suffix פֳּתְהֵן Isa 3:17 (Ges^{«GKC:91f»§ 91f}), probably, si vera lectio, their secret parts, cardo femina (so Thes and most); but read perhaps חֶרְפַּתְהֵן Bachm^{SK. 1894, 650} Kit (in Di) Marti; > פִּאַתְהֵן Sta^{ZAW vi (1886), 336}, compare ᵑ9 Di.

פְּתָאיִם see I. פֶּ֫תִי below I. פתה. below

פִּתְאֹם see פֶּתַע .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke