pat · piece, morsel

What it means

pat (פַּת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “piece, morsel”.

Bit of bread.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A piece of bread, or crumbs.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• morsel ×10
• pieces ×3
• like crumbs ×1
• piece ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Leviticus×2
• Judges×1
• Ruth×1
• 1 Samuel×2
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×1
• Proverbs×3
• Ezekiel×1

• Genesis 18:5

  And I will bring a morsel of bread, and refresh your hearts; after that you may go on, since that is why you have come by your servant.” They said, “Do so, as you have said.”

• Leviticus 2:6

  You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.

• Leviticus 6:21

  It shall be made on a griddle with oil; you shall bring it well mixed; you shall present the baked pieces of a grain offering of pieces as a pleasing aroma to YHWH.

• Judges 19:5

  And it happened on the fourth day that they rose early in the morning, and he arose to go; but the father of the young woman said to his son-in-law, “Sustain your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you may go.”

• Ruth 2:14

  At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here and eat some of the bread and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he handed her roasted grain; she ate, was satisfied, and had some left over.

• 1 Samuel 2:36

  And it will be that everyone who is left in your house will come to bow down to him for a piece of silver and a round loaf of bread, and will say, ‘Please attach me to one of the priestly offices so that I may eat a morsel of bread.’”

• 1 Samuel 28:22

  Now then, please listen also yourself to the voice of your servant: let me set before you a morsel of bread; eat, so that there may be in you strength when you go on your way.”

• 2 Samuel 12:3

  but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb that he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up with him and with his sons together; from his morsel it would eat, and from his cup it would drink, and in his bosom it would lie; and it was to him like a daughter.

• 1 Kings 17:11

  As she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring, please, me a morsel of bread in your hand.”

• Job 31:17

  or ate my morsel alone, and the orphan did not eat from it

• Psalms 147:17

  He throws his ice like crumbs; before his cold who can stand?

• Proverbs 17:1

  Better is a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house full of sacrifices of strife.

• Proverbs 23:8

  The morsel you have eaten you will vomit up, and you will have wasted your pleasant words.

• Proverbs 28:21

  To recognize faces is not good, and for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

• Ezekiel 13:19

  And you have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to put to death souls that should not die, and to keep alive souls that should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.