Peh (פֶּה, Strong's H6310) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to. The King James Bible translates it as accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word.

What is the Strong's number for Peh?

The Strong's number for Peh (פֶּה) is H6310. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Peh (Strong’s H6310): Meaning in the Bible

Peh (פֶּה) is the Hebrew word numbered H6310 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to. In the King James Bible it is translated accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent.

פֶּה

peh · Hebrew

Strong’s H6310 · peh

Original wordפֶּה
Transliterationpeh
Pronunciationpeh
Part of speechnoun (masculine) (n-m)
Strong’s numberH6310
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to

Derivation. from H6284;

How the King James Bible translates it

accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word. (The × marks places where the word shapes the phrasing rather than being rendered by a single English word.)

Where Peh appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Peh (H6310) stands behind 496 English renderings in 458 verses across 35 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Psalms (67), Proverbs (56), Numbers (49).

How the King James Bible renders Peh, by count

mouth329 of 496 (66 percent)
commandment37 of 496 (7 percent)
edge35 of 496 (7 percent)
according22 of 496 (4 percent)
word15 of 496 (3 percent)
mouths12 of 496 (2 percent)

Three places to read Peh

Genesis 4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
1 Samuel 14:27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
Proverbs 5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Peh in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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