Pâthîyl — H6616

Definition

masculine noun

twine

1. cord, thread (twisted)

Usually translated as

lace, bound, line, thread, bracelet, ribband, wire

Origin

from H6617

• Derived from Pâthal (H6617)

Greek equivalents

• thrēnos (G2355)
• synéchō (G4912)

Occurrences

Pâthîyl occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (5), Numbers (2), Judges (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Genesis 38:18 — And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets (וּפְתִילֶ֔ךָ), and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
• Genesis 38:25 — When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets (וְהַפְּתִילִ֛ים), and staff.
• Exodus 28:28 — And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace (בִּפְתִ֣יל) of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
• Exodus 28:37 — And thou shalt put it on a blue lace (פְּתִ֣יל), that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
• Exodus 39:3 — And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires (פְּתִילִם֒), to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
• Exodus 39:21 — And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace (בִּפְתִ֣יל) of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Exodus 39:31 — And they tied unto it a lace (פְּתִ֣יל) of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Numbers 15:38 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a (פְּתִ֥יל) ribband of blue:
• Numbers 19:15 — And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound (פָּתִ֖יל) upon it, is unclean.
• Judges 16:9 — Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread (פְּתִֽיל) of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
• Ezekiel 40:3 — And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line (וּפְתִיל) of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.