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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6616 - פָּתִיל

Transliteration

pâthîyl

Phonetics

paw-theel'

Origin

from (H6617)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1857a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

cord, thread (twisted)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2359 ‑ θρίξ (threeks); 4912 ‑ συνέχω (soon‑ekh'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (11)

Genesis 2

Exodus 5

Numbers 2

Judges 1

Ezekiel 1

BSB (11)

Genesis 2

Exodus 5

Numbers 2

Judges 1

Ezekiel 1

CSB (11)

Genesis 2

Exodus 5

Numbers 2

Judges 1

Ezekiel 1

ESV (11)

Genesis 2

Exodus 5

Numbers 2

Judges 1

Ezekiel 1

KJV (11)

Genesis 2

Exodus 5

Numbers 2

Judges 1

Ezekiel 1

LEB (11)

Genesis 2

Exodus 5

Numbers 2

Judges 1

Ezekiel 1

LSB (12)

Genesis 2

Exodus 5

Numbers 3

Judges 1

Ezekiel 1

N95 (12)

Genesis 2

Exodus 5

Numbers 3

Judges 1

Ezekiel 1

NAS (11)

Genesis 2

Exodus 5

Numbers 3

Judges 1

Ezekiel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (11)

Genesis 2

Exodus 5

Numbers 2

Judges 1

Ezekiel 1

ASV (11)

a cord 1

and the cords 1

and thy cord 1

as a string 1

bound 1

it into wires 1

it on a lace 1

unto it a lace 1

with a lace 2

with a line 1

BSB (11)

a strand 1

and cord 1

and your cord 1

cord 4

fastened 1

threads from them 1

with a cord 2

CSB (11)

cord 8

strand 1

threads 1

tied 1

ESV (11)

cord 6

fastened 1

lace 2

thread 1

threads 1

KJV (11)

bound 1

bracelets 2

lace 4

line 1

ribband 1

thread 1

wires 1

LEB (11)

and a cord of 1

and cord 1

cord 6

cords 1

fiber 1

your cord 1

LSB (12)

cord 6

cords 1

down 1

line 1

string 1

threads 1

tied 1

N95 (12)

cord 6

cords 1

down 1

line 1

string 1

threads 1

tied 1

NAS (11)

cord 5

cords 1

thread 3

threads 1

tied 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (11)

a cord 1

and the cords 1

and your cord 1

as a string 1

bound 1

it into wires 1

it on a lace 1

to it a lace 1

with a lace 2

with a line 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2650) l t p (פתל PTL) AC: Twist CO: Cord AB: ?: Cords are made by twisting fibers together. [from: lt- from a rope]

V) l t p (פתל PTL) - Twist: KJV (5): (vf: Niphal, Hitpael) froward, wrestle, unsavory - Strongs: H6617 (פָּתַל)

b^m) l i t p (פתיל PTYL) - Cord: Made of twisted fibers. KJV (11): lace, bracelet, wire, ribband, bound, thread, line - Strongs: H6616 (פָּתִיל)

l ^m) l t l t p (פתלתל PTLTL) - Twisted: KJV (1): crooked - Strongs: H6618 (פְּתַלְתֹּל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מָּתִיל noun masculine^{Judges 16:9} cord, thread ( twisted); — absolute ׳פ Numbers 19:15; constructמְּתִיל Judges 16:9 +; suffix מְּתִילֶ֑ךָ Genesis 38:18; plural מְּתִילִים Genesis 38:25, מְּתִילִם Exodus 39:3; — cord (from which seal was hung) Genesis 38:18,25(J), ׳פנְעֹרֶת Judges 16:9 (simile), מִּשְׁתִּים׳פ Ezekiel 40:3 (as measuring line); תְּכֵלֶת׳פ, for fastening, Exodus 28:28,37; Exodus 39:21,31; Numbers 15:38, compare מָּתִיל alone Numbers 19:15 (perhaps gloss, see Di); threads (of gold) in ephod Exodus 39:3 (all P).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פָּתִיל m. (from the root פָּתַל), a thread, a line, Numbers 19:15; Judges 16:9 used of a string by which a seal-ring was suspended, Genesis 38:18, 25 Genesis 38:25.

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List of Word Forms

בִּפְתִ֣יל בפתיל וְהַפְּתִילִ֛ים וּפְתִילֶ֔ךָ וּפְתִיל־ והפתילים ופתיל־ ופתילך פְּתִ֣יל פְּתִ֥יל פְּתִֽיל־ פְּתִילִם֒ פָּתִ֖יל פתיל פתיל־ פתילם bifTil bip̄·ṯîl bip̄ṯîl pā·ṯîl paTil pāṯîl pə·ṯî·lim pə·ṯîl pə·ṯîl- peTil pəṯîl pəṯîl- petiLim pəṯîlim ū·p̄ə·ṯî·le·ḵā ū·p̄ə·ṯîl- ufetil ufetiLecha ūp̄əṯîl- ūp̄əṯîleḵā vehappetiLim wə·hap·pə·ṯî·lîm wəhappəṯîlîm