H6363 - פֶּטֶר (peṭer)

H6363 פֶּטֶר (peṭer) peh'-ter

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)

Derivation: or פִּטְרָה; from H6362 (פָּטַר);

KJV Usage: firstling, openeth, such as open.

TWOT Reference: 1764a,b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) firstborn, firstling, that which separates or first opens

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1272 G4416

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פִּטְרָה / פֶּטֶר peṭer / piṭrâh BDB Definition: 1) firstborn, firstling, that which separates or first opens Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6362 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1764a, 1764b Total KJV Occurrences: 12

Bible Occurrences (10)

13:2 13:12 13:13 13:15 34:19 34:20

3:12 8:16 18:15

20:26

Exodus 13:2

Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites... belongs to Me, [both] of man and beast.

Exodus 13:12

you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn... males of your... livestock [belong to] the LORD.

Exodus 13:13

You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn... of your sons you must redeem.

Exodus 13:15

And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why... I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.

Exodus 34:19

The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, [whether] cattle or sheep.

Exodus 34:20

You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.

Numbers 3:12

Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every... firstborn Israelite... from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,

Numbers 8:16

For [the Levites] have been wholly given... to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.