King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6612
Transliteration: pthiy
Phonetic Spelling: (peth-ee')
Part of Speech: Adjective; noun feminine
Short Definition: simple, perhaps open-minded
Meaning: simple, perhaps open-minded
Word Summary
pthiy: simple, perhaps open-minded
Original Word: פְתִיTransliteration: pthiy
Phonetic Spelling: (peth-ee')
Part of Speech: Adjective; noun feminine
Short Definition: simple, perhaps open-minded
Meaning: simple, perhaps open-minded
Strong's Concordance
foolish, simplicity, one Or pethiy {peh'-thee}; or pthaeiy {peth-aw-ee'}; from pathah; silly (i.e. Seducible) -- foolish, simple(-icity, one).
see HEBREW pathah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6612. pthiy
מֶּ֫תִי [for מָּתַי Lag BN 52 BaZMG xlii (1888), 353; NB 320]
adjective simple, possibly as open-minded; — מֶּ֫תִי Proverbs 9:4 +, מֶּ֑תִי Psalm 19:8 +; plural מְּתָאיִם (Ges§ 93x) 116:6 6t. Proverbs; מְּתָיִים 119:130; Proverbs 22:3; מְּתָיִם 1:22, 32; — simple, as substantive concrete: open to the instruction of wisdom or folly, 9:4, 16; believing every word 14:15; lacking עָרְמָה 1:14; 8:5; 19:25; needing בין Psalm 119:130, חכמה 19:8; Proverbs 21:11; in good sense, י ׳פתאים שׁמר Psalm 116:8 ׳י preserveth ths simple-minded; but usually tendency to bad sense; פתאים love פתי Proverbs 1:22; inherit אִוֶּלֶת 14:18, are easily enticed, misled and go back 1:32; 7:7; 9:6; 22:3 = 27:12; they need atonement Ezekiel 45:20 ("" שׁגה).
[מְּתִי] noun feminine simplicity (i.e.lack of wisdom), תְּאֵהֲבומֶּֿ֑תִי מְּתָיִם דְַמָֿתַי Proverbs 1:22.