H6616 - פָּתִיל (pâthîyl)

H6616 פָּתִיל (pâthîyl) paw-theel'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

cord

Strong's Definition

twine

Derivation: from H6617 (פָּתַל);

KJV Usage: bound, bracelet, lace, line, ribband, thread, wire.

TWOT Reference: 1857a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) cord, thread (twisted)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G2355 G4912

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

cord, thread (twisted)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פָּתִיל pâthý̂yl BDB Definition: 1) cord, thread (twisted) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6617 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1857a Total KJV Occurrences: 11

Bible Occurrences (11)

38:18 38:25

28:28 28:37 39:3 39:21 39:31

15:38 19:15

16:9

40:3

Genesis 38:18

What pledge should I give you? he asked. She answered, Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

Genesis 38:25

As she was being brought out, [Tamar] sent a message to her father-in-law: I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong. And she added, Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?

Exodus 28:28

The rings of the breastpiece shall be tied to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece is above the waistband of the ephod and does not swing out from the ephod.

Exodus 28:37

Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front... of the turban....

Exodus 39:3

They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave... with the blue,... purple,... and scarlet yarn...,... and fine linen — the work of a skilled craftsman.

Exodus 39:21

Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Exodus 39:31

Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban,... just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Numbers 15:38

Speak to the Israelites... and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel....