HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2203
זֶ֫פֶת
ze.phet — pitch
pitch, tar, asphalt
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Pitch
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G8796
πίσσα
pissa — pitch
pitch , Lat. pix, (Iliad by Homer), etc.: proverbial, ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεται, i. e. he has got the first taste of misery, (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5186
נָטָה
na.tah — to stretch
1) to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stretch out, extend, stretch, offer 1a2) to spread out, pitch (tent) 1a3) to bend, turn, incline 1a3a) to turn aside, incline, decline, bend down 1a3b) to bend, bow 1a3c) to hold out, extend (fig.) 1b) (Niphal) to be stretched out 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to stretch out 1c2) to spread out 1c3) to turn, incline, influence, bend down, hold out, extend, thrust aside, thrust away
195 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5035
נֵ֫בֶל
ne.vel — bag
1) a skin-bag, jar, pitcher 1a) skin-bottle, skin 1b) jar, pitcher (earthen)
37 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2681
κατασκηνόω
kataskēnoō — to dwell
κατα-σκηνόω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for סָכַךְ ;] to pitch one's tent, lodge, dwell: before ἐν, Mat.13:32, Luk.13:19; ὑπό, with accusative, Mrk.4:32; ἐπ᾽ ἐλπιδι, Act.2:26 (LXX).† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H167
אָהַל
a.hal — to pitch
1) to pitch a tent, to move a tent 1a) (Qal) pitch or remove a tent 1a) (Piel) to pitch one's tent
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2564
חֵמָר
che.mar — bitumen
slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4214
מִזְרֶה
miz.reh — pitchfork
pitchfork
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3582
ξέστης
xestēs — pitcher
ξέστης, -ου, ὁ (a Sicilian corruption of Lat. sextarius), [in Al. : Lev.14:10 (לֹג, LXX κοτύλη)* ;] 1. a sextarius (about a pint). 2. In NT, a pitcher of wood or stone : Mrk.7:4.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4078
πήγνυμι
pēgnumi — to set up
πήγνυμι [in LXX chiefly for נָטָה, also for תָּקַע, etc. ;] to make fast, to fix; of tents, to pitch: Heb.8:2 (cf. προσ-πήγνυμι).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7053
קִלְּשׁוֹן
qil.l.shon — fork
1) forks, three-pronged pitchfork, goad 1a) meaning uncertain
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20969
πήσσω
pēssō — to pitch (a tent)
to pitch (a tent)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6341
ἀνθέω
antheō — to bloom
1. to blossom, bloom , of the youthful beard, (Odyssey by Homer); of flowers and plants, (Hesiod), etc. 2. metaphorically, 3. to be bright with colour, ἀνθεῖν φοινικίσι (Xenophon Historicus) 4. to be in bloom , (Pindar); ἐν ὥραι, ἐφ᾽ ὥραι ἀνθεῖν to be in the bloom of youth, (Plato Philosophus) 5. to flourish in wealth and prosperity, (Hesiod), attic; with dative, ἀνθ. ἀνδράσι to abound in men, (Herdotus Historicus) 6. to be at the height or pitch , (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6675
βῖκος
bikos — a pitcher
Oriental word for a wine-jar , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7265
ἐντείνω
enteinō — to stretch tight
1. to stretch or strain tight Pass., δίφρος ἱμᾶσιν ἐντέταται is hung on tight-stretched straps , (Iliad by Homer); γέφυραι ἐντεταμέναι a bridge with the mooring-cables made taught , (Herdotus Historicus); ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος being braced up , (Plato Philosophus) 2. to stretch a bow tight , i. e. string it for shooting (compare ἐντανύω); (Euripides); so in Mid. to string one's bow, (Euripides):—;Pass., τόξα ἐντεταμένα bows ready strung , (Herdotus Historicus) 3. ἐντείνειν ναῦν ποδί to keep a ship's sail taught by the sheet, (Euripides) 4. to tie tight , (Euripides) 5. metaphorically to strain, exert :—;so in Mid., φωνὴν ἐντεινάμενος (Aeschines Orator); ἐντεινάμενοι τὴν ἁρμονίαν pitching the tune high , (Aristophanes Comicus):—;and in Pass., ἐντεινόμενος, on the stretch, eager , (Xenophon Historicus) 6. to carry on vigorously , (Plutarch) 7. so intransitive in Act. to exert oneself, be vehement , (Euripides) 8. to stretch out at or against , πληγὴν ἐντείνειν τινί, Lat. plagam intendere, to lay a blow on him, (Xenophon Historicus) 9. to put into verse , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7354
ἐξυβρίζω
exubrizō — to overflow
to break out into insolence, to run riot, wax wanton , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; ἐξ. ἐς τόδε to come to this pitch of insolence , (Thucydides): with an adjective neuter, παντοῖα ἐξ. to commit all kinds of violence , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7591
ἐχῖνος
echinos — hedgehog
1. the urchin, hedgehog , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc. 2. the sea-urchin , (Plato Philosophus) 3. the shell of the sea-urchin , often used as a cup : then like Lat. testa, a pot, jug, pitcher, Lat. echinus, (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.:—; the vase in which the notes of evidence were deposited, (Demosthenes Orator) 4. in plural sharp points at each end of a bit, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(Gen. 6:14), asphalt or bitumen in its soft state, called “slime” (Gen. 11:3; 14:10; Ex. 2:3), found in pits near the Dead Sea (q.v.). It was used for various purposes, as the coating of the outside of vessels and in building. Allusion is made in Isa. 34:9 to its inflammable character. (See SLIME.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.