פֵּאָה peah
Hebrew word for “side” · Strong’s H6285 · used 86 times in 59 verses
Meaning
1) corner, edge, side, quarter, extremity; 1a) corner; 1b) side
How it is translated
Glosses given for peah in context, with how often each is used:
- side 76
- corner 5
- corners 3
- forehead 1
- will be the side 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 47 | 2.5 | |
| Exodus | 15 | 0.9 | |
| Leviticus | 6 | 0.5 | |
| Numbers | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Joshua | 6 | 0.6 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 48 (19), Ezekiel 47 (5), Exodus 27 (4), Exodus 38 (4), Joshua 18 (4), Exodus 26 (2), Exodus 36 (2), Leviticus 19 (2), Exodus 25 (1), Exodus 37 (1)
Forms
- פאת 34
- מפאת 16
- לפאת 14
- ופאת 8
- ולפאת 3
- פאה 3
- הפאת 2
- לפאה 2
- ומפאת 2
- פאתי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with peah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יָם yam “sea” 31
- גְּבוּל gevul “border” 23
- קָדִים qadim “east” 17
- נֶגֶב negev “south” 12
- אֶחָד echad “one” 18
- צָפוֹן tsaphon “north” 12
- אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 9
- עַד ad “till” 15
- תֵּימָן teman “south” 6
- קֶדֶם qedem “front” 7
- קֶלַע qela “curtain” 5
- מֵאָה meah “hundred” 9
Key verses
The verses using peah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 27:9 — And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits…
- Exodus 38:9 — And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
- Leviticus 21:5 — They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
- Leviticus 23:22 — And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any…
- Numbers 24:17 — I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite…
- Numbers 34:3 — Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea…
- Nehemiah 9:22 — Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon,…
- Jeremiah 9:26 — Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations…
- Jeremiah 25:23 — Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
- Ezekiel 48:1 — Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus…
- Ezekiel 48:8 — And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and…
- Amos 3:12 — Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.