Piece
נֵ֫תַחStrong’s H5409netach (ne-tach)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Netach is the Hebrew word usually translated “into pieces its”, “pieces” and “piece of meat its”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.”
Meaning
- Piece, a piece of flesh or meat
How it's translated
- into pieces its 4
- the pieces 2
- to piece of meat its 2
- pieces its 1
- to pieces its 1
- pieces 1
- pieces of meat its 1
- piece of meat 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 5
- Ezekiel 2
- Exodus 1
- Judges 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 1:6And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
- Leviticus 1:8And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
- Leviticus 1:12And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
- Leviticus 8:20And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
- Leviticus 9:13And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
- Judges 19:29And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
Hebrew dictionary
נֵ֫תַח netach · piece
piece, a piece of flesh or meat
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “piece” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PIECE, noun
[Heb. to cut off or clip.]
- A fragment or part of any thing separated from the whole, in any manner, by cutting, splitting, breaking or tearing; as, to cut in pieces, break in pieces, tear in pieces, pull in pieces, etc.; a piece of a rock; a piece of paper.
- A part of any thing, though not separated, or separated only in idea; not the whole; a portion; as a piece of excellent knowledge.
- A distinct part or quantity; a part considered by itself, or separated from the rest only by a boundary or divisional line; as a piece of land in the meadow or on the mountain.
- A separate part; a thing or portion distinct from others of a like kind; as a piece of timber; a piece of cloth; a piece of paper hangings.
All definitions and other forms of “piece”
- A composition, essay or writing of no great length; as a piece of poetry or prose; a piece of music.
- A separate performance; a distinct portion of labor; as a piece of work.
- A picture or painting.
- A coin; as a piece of eight.
- A gun or single part of ordnance.
- In heraldry, an ordinary or charge.
- In ridicule or contempt.
- A castle; a building. [Not in use.]
PIECE, verb transitive
To enlarge or mend by the addition of a piece; to patch; as, to piece a garment; to piece the time.
PIECE, verb intransitive
To unite by coalescence of parts; to be compacted, as parts into a whole.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.