Pôth — H6596

Definition

feminine noun

a hole, i.e. hinge or the female pudenda

1. sockets, hinges, secret parts (meaning dubious)
1. sockets
2. secret parts

Usually translated as

hinge, secret participle

Origin

or pôthâh; (Ezekiel 13:19), from an unused root meaning to open

Greek equivalents

• schēma (G4976)

Occurrences

Pôth occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (1), Isaiah (1)

• 1 Kings 7:50 — And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges (וְהַפֹּת֡וֹת) of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
• Isaiah 3:17 — Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts (פָּתְהֵ֥ן).