Peh — H6310

H6310 · Hebrew — פה

Pronunciation: peh

Definition

masculine noun

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to

  1. peh
  2. mouth
    1. mouth (of man)
    2. mouth (as organ of speech)
    3. mouth (of animals)
    4. mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc)
    5. extremity, end pim
  3. a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21

“According to the mouth of” someone means “according to his command”: “according to the commandment of Pharaoh” (Gen 45:21).

“The mouth of the sword” is its edge: “smote it with the edge of the sword” (Josh 10:28).

Usually translated as

mouth, commandment, edge, word, hole, end, appointment, portion, tenor, accord, according to, after, assent, collar, command, eat, entry, file, in, mind, sentence, sound, speech, talk, to, wish, according as, part, say, saying, skirt, spoken, two-edged

Origin

from H6284

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Peh occurs 495 times in 459 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (20), Exodus (17), Leviticus (7), Numbers (43), Deuteronomy (20), Joshua (26), Judges (13), 1 Samuel (12), 2 Samuel (8), 1 Kings (11), 2 Kings (7), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (10), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (1), Esther (1), Job (36), Psalms (66), Proverbs (54), Ecclesiastes (6), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (24), Jeremiah (25), Lamentations (5), Ezekiel (16), Daniel (2), Hosea (3), Joel (1), Amos (2), Obadiah (1), Micah (5), Nahum (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (5), Malachi (3)

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