6451. pissah
Berean Strong's Lexicon
pissah: Piece, fragment

Original Word: פִּסָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: pissah
Pronunciation: pis-sah'
Phonetic Spelling: (pis-saw')
Definition: Piece, fragment
Meaning: expansion, abundance

Word Origin: Derived from the root פָּסַס (pasas), meaning "to break" or "to spread."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent for "pissah," related concepts can be found in Greek words like κλάσμα (klasma), meaning "fragment" or "piece," as seen in the New Testament during the feeding of the multitudes (e.g., Matthew 14:20).

Usage: The Hebrew word "pissah" refers to a piece or fragment, often used in the context of something that is broken or divided. It conveys the idea of a part of a whole, typically in a physical sense.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of breaking or dividing was significant in various contexts, from the division of land to the breaking of bread. The term "pissah" would have been understood in everyday life, particularly in agrarian and communal settings where resources were shared and divided among families and tribes.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as pas
Definition
probably abundance, plenty
NASB Translation
abundance (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[מִּסָּה] noun feminine dubious; if correct, probably abundance, plenty (? properly spread out); — construct מִּסַּת בָּר Psalm 72:16; Lag Gr Che and others read שִׁפְעַת.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
handful

From pacac; expansion, i.e. Abundance -- handful.

see HEBREW pacac

Forms and Transliterations
פִסַּת־ פסת־ fissat p̄is·saṯ- p̄issaṯ-
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Englishman's Concordance
Psalm 72:16
HEB: יְהִ֤י פִסַּת־ בַּ֨ר ׀ בָּאָרֶץ֮
NAS: May there be abundance of grain
KJV: There shall be an handful of corn
INT: become may there be abundance of grain the earth

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Strong's Hebrew 6451
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p̄is·saṯ- — 1 Occ.
















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