פָּתַח

pa.tach · to open

Hebrew · Strong's H6605 · Verb · Sounds like: paw-thakh' · 144 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to open H6605A 135
  • to engrave H6605B 9

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve; appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
פָּתַח vb. open
Qal open sack
Niph. be opened
Pi. be opened
1. free, i.e. ungird, camels
2. loosen (and remove) sack-cloth
3. open gates, doors
Hithp. loosen thee the fetters of thy neck
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[פָּתַח] vb. Pi. engrave
Pu. stones engraved with the engravings of a signet.

Every occurrence

  1. Psalms 106:17 תִּפְתַּח־ tif.tach- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.

  2. Psalms 109:2 פָּתָ֑חוּ pa.Ta.chu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

  3. Psalms 116:16 פִּ֝תַּ֗חְתָּ pi.Tach.ta · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.

  4. Psalms 118:19 פִּתְחוּ־ pit.chu- · A command to all of you: simple action

    Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto Jehovah.

  5. Psalms 145:16 פּוֹתֵ֥חַ po.Te.ach · An -ing word: simple action

    Thou openest thy hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

  6. Proverbs 24:7 יִפְתַּח־ yif.tach- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  7. Proverbs 31:8 פְּתַח־ pe.tach- · A command to you: simple action

    Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.

  8. Proverbs 31:9 פְּתַח־ pe.tach- · A command to you: simple action

    Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.

  9. Proverbs 31:26 פָּתְחָ֣ה pa.te.Chah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.

  10. Song of Solomon 5:2 פִּתְחִי־ pit.chi- · A command to you: simple action

    I was asleep, but my heart waked: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.

  11. Song of Solomon 5:5 לִפְתֹּ֣חַ lif.To.ach · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    I rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, Upon the handles of the bolt.

  12. Song of Solomon 5:6 פָּתַ֤חְתִּֽי pa.Tach.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

  13. Song of Solomon 7:12 פִּתַּ֣ח pi.Tach · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, And its blossom is open, And the pomegranates are in flower: There will I give thee my love.

  14. Isaiah 5:27 נִפְתַּח֙ nif.Tach · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

  15. Isaiah 14:17 פָ֥תַח Fa.tach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

  16. Isaiah 20:2 וּפִתַּחְתָּ֤ u.fi.tach.Ta · An action: strong action, and then it will happen, done by you

    at that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

  17. Isaiah 22:22 וּפָתַח֙ u.fa.Tach · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

  18. Isaiah 22:22 פֹּתֵֽחַ׃ po.Te.ach · An -ing word: simple action

    And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

  19. Isaiah 24:18 נִפְתָּ֔חוּ nif.Ta.chu · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

  20. Isaiah 26:2 פִּתְח֖וּ pit.Chu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in.

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