# H6363 פֶּטֶר

פֶּטֶר (peṭer), Strong’s H6363: a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix) KJV: firstling, openeth, such as open.. Occurs 12 times.

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*peṭer* — a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)

KJV: firstling, openeth, such as open.

Derived from [פָּטַר pâṭar](https://besorah.bible/word/H6362) (to cleave or burst through)

Occurs 12 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- פֶּ֫טֶר n.[m.] that which separates, first opens
- פִּטְרָה n.f
- [פִּטְרָה] n.f. id. [q.bg.ab], Nu 8:16.

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 13:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/13?v=2) — “Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It…
- [Exodus 13:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/13?v=12) — that you shall set apart to the LORD all that opens the womb, and every firstborn that comes from an animal which you…
- [Exodus 13:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/13?v=13) — Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck…
- [Exodus 13:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/13?v=15) — When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the…
- [Exodus 34:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/34?v=19) — “All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
- [Exodus 34:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/34?v=20) — You shall redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb. If you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You…
- [Numbers 3:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/3?v=12) — “Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb…
- [Numbers 8:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/8?v=16) — For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn…
- [Numbers 18:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/18?v=15) — Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to the LORD, both of man and animal, shall be yours…
- [Ezekiel 20:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/20?v=26) — I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused all that opens the womb to pass through the fire, that I might…