King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6616
Transliteration: pathil
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-theel')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: cord, thread
Meaning: cord, thread
Word Summary
pathil: cord, thread
Original Word: פָתִילTransliteration: pathil
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-theel')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: cord, thread
Meaning: cord, thread
Strong's Concordance
bound, bracelet, lace, line, ribbon, thread, wire From pathal; twine -- bound, bracelet, lace, line, ribband, thread, wire.
see HEBREW pathal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6616. pathil
מָּתִיל noun masculineJudges 16:9 cord, thread (twisted); — absolute ׳פ Numbers 19:15; constructמְּתִיל Judges 16:9 +; suffix מְּתִילֶ֑ךָ Genesis 38:18; plural מְּתִילִים 38:25, מְּתִילִם Exodus 39:3; — cord (from which seal was hung) Genesis 38:18, 25(J), נְעֹרֶת ׳פ Judges 16:9 (simile), ׳פ מִּשְׁתִּים Ezekiel 40:3 (as measuring line); ׳פ תְּכֵלֶת, for fastening, Exodus 28:28, 37; 39:21, 31; Numbers 15:38, compare מָּתִיל alone 19:15 (perhaps gloss, see Di); threads (of gold) in ephod Exodus 39:3 (all P).