Morsel
פַּתStrong’s H6595pat
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pat is the Hebrew word usually translated “piece of”, “crumbs” and “morsel of”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.”
Meaning
- Fragment, bit, morsel (of bread), piece
- Fragment, bit, morsel (of bread), piece
How it's translated
- a piece of 5
- crumbs 2
- a morsel of 1
- portion your 1
- from morsel his 1
- morsel of bread my 1
- like crumbs 1
- a morsel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 3
- Leviticus 2
- 1 Samuel 2
- Genesis 1
- Judges 1
- Ruth 1
11 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 2:6Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
- Leviticus 6:21In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
- Judges 19:5And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
- Ruth 2:14And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
- 1 Samuel 2:36And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
- 1 Samuel 28:22Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
Hebrew dictionary
פַּת pat · morsel
fragment, bit, morsel (of bread), piece Also means: pa.tot (פָּתוֹת "morsel" H6595B)
פָּתוֹת patot · morsel
fragment, bit, morsel (of bread), piece Another spelling of pat (פַּת "morsel" H6595A)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “morsel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MOR'SEL, noun
[from Latin morsus, a bite, form mordeo.]
- A bite; a mouthful; a small piece of food.
- A piece; a meal; something to be eaten.
- A small quantity of something not eatable. [Improper.]
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.