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Lexicon :: Strong's H6605 - pāṯaḥ

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פָּתַח
Transliteration
pāṯaḥ
Pronunciation
paw-thakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1854,1855

Strong’s Definitions

פָּתַח pâthach, paw-thakh'; 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.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 144x

The KJV translates Strong's H6605 in the following manner: open (107x), loose (13x), grave (7x), wide (3x), engrave (2x), put off (2x), out (2x), appear (1x), drawn (1x), break forth (1x), set forth (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 144x
The KJV translates Strong's H6605 in the following manner: open (107x), loose (13x), grave (7x), wide (3x), engrave (2x), put off (2x), out (2x), appear (1x), drawn (1x), break forth (1x), set forth (1x), miscellaneous (4x).
  1. to open

    1. (Qal) to open

    2. (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open

    3. (Piel)

      1. to free

      2. to loosen

      3. to open, open oneself

    4. (Hithpael) to loose oneself

  2. to carve, engrave

    1. (Piel) to engrave

    2. (Pual) to be engraved

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פָּתַח pâthach, paw-thakh'; 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.
STRONGS H6605: Abbreviations
† I. פָּתַח verb open (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician פתח; Assyrian pitû, patû; Sabean פתח OsZMG xix (1865), 197; Arabic bdb083407; Ethiopic bdb083408; Aramaic H6606 פְּתַח, bdb083409; Nabataean, Palmyrene פתח); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פ׳ 2 Kings 15:16 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִפְתַּח Exodus 21:33 +; 3rd person masculine plural suffix יִפְתָּחוּם Nehemiah 13:19, etc.; Imperative masculine singular פְּתַחִ 2 Kings 13:17 +; feminine singular פִּתְחִי Songs 5:2; masculine plural פִּתְחוּ Joshua 10:22 +; Infinitive absolute פָּתֹחַ Deuteronomy 15:8 +; construct לִפְתֹּחַ Ezekiel 21:27 [Ezekiel 21:22] +; Participle active פֹּתֵחַ Judges 3:25 +; passive פָּתוּחַ Jeremiah 5:16 +, etc.; — open sack, שַׂק, Genesis 42:27 (E), אַמְתַּחַת Genesis 43:21; Genesis 44:11 (J), skin-bottle (נאוד). Judges 4:19, hamper (תֵּדָה) Exodus 2:6 (E), pit (בּוֺר) Exodus 21:33 (E; i.e. uncover it), mouth (פִּי) of cave Joshua 10:22 (JE), grave Ezekiel 37:12, Ezekiel 37:13 (to bring forth dead), compare (in figurative) Jeremiah 5:16; Psalm 5:10 [Psalm 5:9]; כְּלִי פָתוּחַ Numbers 19:15; (P) open vessel; door (דֶּלֶת; sometimes opposed to סָגַר) Judges 3:25 + Judges 3:25 (object omitted), Judges 19:27; 1 Samuel 3:15; 2 Kings 9:3, 2 Kings 9:10; 2 Chronicles 29:3; Job 31:32 (aboutל person); figurative of Lebanon Zechariah 11:1; דַּלתֵי שָׁמַיִם Psalm 78:23 (of י׳, sending rain); ד׳ = city-gates Nehemiah 13:19; Isaiah 45:1(|| שְׁעָרִים; י׳ subject, with לפְנֵי); ד׳ omitted Songs 5:2, Songs 5:5, Songs 5:6; gate (שַׁעַר), of land Nahum 3:13 (Infinitive absolute + Imperfect Niph. which see), compare Ezekiel 25:9, שׁער of temple (- court) Ezekiel 46:12 (with ל, person), Psalm 118:19 (id.), city Isaiah 26:2, object omitted Deuteronomy 20:11; 2 Kings 15:16; window, חַלּוֺן, 2 Kings 13:17 (twice in verse),אֲרֻבּוֺת הַשָׁמַיִם (by י׳ sending rain) Genesis 8:6 (J), Malachi 3:10; city Jeremiah 13:19, פְּתוּחָה עִיר Joshua 8:17 (JE); absolute וְלאֹ סגר פ׳ Isaiah 22:22 (twice in verse); — Isaiah 14:17 is dubious, Gr PerlesAnal. 28. 42 Kit (in Di) read לַאֲסִירָיו לאֹפֿ׳ בֵּיתהַֿכֶּלֶא; > Bu Che Marti אִישׁ פִּתַּח לֹא אֲסִירָיו לְבֵיתוֺ; storehouse, armoury Genesis 41:56; Jeremiah 50:25 (of י׳), Jeremiah 50:26 (for destruction), figurative of sky, for rain Deuteronomy 28:12 (with ל person; of י׳), compare open בָּ֑ר, expose for sale, Amos 8:5; open womb, i.e. grant offspring Genesis 29:31; Genesis 30:22 (J); open mouth (פֶּה) to cry, speak Ezekiel 21:27; Job 3:1; Daniel 10:16, hence = speak Isaiah 53:7 (twice in verse); Job 33:2; Psalm 39:10 [Psalm 39:9]; Psalm 78:2 (בְּמָשָׁל), Psalm 109:2 (with עַל person), Proverbs 24:7; Proverbs 31:8 (with ל person), Proverbs 31:9; Proverbs 31:26 (בְּחָכְמָה); Psalm 49:5 [Psalm 49:4] either utter, declare, propound riddle, or open up, expound; have power of speech Psalm 38:14 [Psalm 38:13]; of י׳ giving power of (prophetic) speech Ezekiel 3:27; Ezekiel 33:22, giving speech to ass Numbers 22:28 (J); open mouth, to eat Ezekiel 3:2, of earth, to swallow up, Numbers 16:32: Numbers 26:10, compare (פֶּה omitted) Psalm 106:17; open lips, to speak Job 11:5 (with עִם person), Job 32:20 (Gi Job 32:21); of י׳ opening man's lips Psalm 51:17 [Psalm 51:15], man's ear Isaiah 50:5 (Assyrian uznâ puttû); of eyes only passive participle, with אֶל 1 Kings 8:29 2 Chronicles 6:20; 1 Kings 8:52; Nehemiah 1:6, with ל 2 Chronicles 6:40 (by zeugma), 2 Chronicles 7:15 (all of י׳'s favour); open hand, in giving Deuteronomy 15:8, Deuteronomy 15:11 (with ל person, + infinitive absolute), of י׳ Psalm 104:28; Psalm 145:16; book Nehemiah 8:5 (twice in verse), letter Nehemiah 6:5; open river (channel) Isaiah 41:18 (of י׳), rock, letting out water, Psalm 105:41 (id.); open sword, = draw it Ezekiel 21:33 [Ezekiel 21:28]; Psalm 37:14; of root שָׁרְשִׁי פָתוּחַ אֱלֵימָֿ֑יִם Job 29:19, i.e. with no obstacle intervening. — תִּפְתַּח אֶרֶץ Isaiah 45:8 is dubious; verb not elsewhere intransitive; Du CheHpt Marti proposes רַחְמָהּ as object; Gr Kit (in Di) read תִּפָּתַח.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִפְתַּח Isaiah 5:27, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִפָּתַח Ezekiel 24:27, יִפָּתֵ֑חַ Ezekiel 44:2 +, etc.; Infinitive construct הִפָּתֵחַ Isaiah 51:14; Participle נִפְתָּח Zechariah 13:1; — be opend, of girdle Isaiah 5:27 (i.e. loosened), compare of captive Isaiah 51:14, and, of calamity, Jeremiah 1:14 be let loose (with עַל person); gates Nahum 2:7 [Nahum 2:6]; Nahum 3:13 (of land, thrown open to (ל) enemy), Ezekiel 44:2; Ezekiel 46:1 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 7:3; impersonal of man shut in by God Job 12:14; of windows of heaven Genesis 7:11 (P), compare Isaiah 24:18 (of future destruction); the heavens themselves Ezekiel 1:1 (for visions); fountain Zechariah 13:1; wine (-skin, with negative) Job 32:19; mouth, in speech Job 24:27 ; Job 33:2 ; ears Isaiah 35:5.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פִּתַּח Job 30:11 +, פִּתֵּ֑חַ Job 12:18 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְפַתַּח; Isaiah 28:24, 1st person singular אֲפַתֵּחַ Isaiah 45:1, etc.; — Infinitive abs פַּתֵּחַ Isaiah 58:6 construct, id. Psalm 102:21 [Psalm 102:20]; Participle מְפַתֵּ֑חַ 1 Kings 20:11; — loose:
1. free, i.e. ungird, camels Genesis 24:32 (J): loins of kings Isaiah 45:1 (i.e. disarm them); set free, with suffix person Psalm 105:20; Jeremiah 40:4 (with מִן); with accusative בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה Psalm 102:21 [Psalm 102:20].
2. loosen (and remove) sack-cloth Isaiah 20:2 (with מֵעַל), Psalm 30:12 [Psalm 30:11]; armour 1 Kings 20:11 (object omitted; opposed to חָגַר); bonds Job 12:18; Psalm 116:16, compare Isaiah 58:6; Job 39:5; cord Job 30:11; Job 38:31; loosen ground Isaiah 28:24 (in tillage; compare VogelstLand wrirthschaft 38, Assyrian puttû).
3. open gates Isaiah 60:11, doors Job 41:6 [Job 41:14] (figurative of crocodile's jaws); ear Isaiah 48:8 (read probably either פִּתַּחְתִּי, פָּתַחְתִּי [Greek Version of the LXX Du Marti], or נִפְתְּחָה [Gr Che Kit in Di]; buds Songs 7:13 [Songs 7:12] (of blossom; object omitted; or intransitive, as sometimes Arabic bdb083501 see Dozy).
Hithp. Imperative masculine plural התפתחו Isaiah 52:2 Kt < Qr feminine singular הִתְפַּתְּחִי (so Greek Version of the LXX; of personified Jerusalem) loosen thee (Ges§ 54 f) the fetters of thy neck.

II. [פָּתַח] verb
Pi. engrave (Late Hebrew Pi. id., פִּתּוּחַ = Biblical Hebrew, and so Targum; Assyrian patâḫu, bore, penetrate; compare perhaps Arabic bdb083601, bdb083602 ring (compare Frä252)); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פִּתַּח 2 Chronicles 3:7, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיְפַתַּח 1 Kings 7:36; 2nd person masculine singular תְּפַתַּח Exodus 28:11; Infinitive construct לְפַתֵּחַ 2 Chronicles 2:6 [2 Chronicles 2:7]; 2 Chronicles 2:13 [2 Chronicles 2:13]; Participle מְפַתֵּחַ Zechariah 3:9; — engrave, with accusative + על, on metal 1 Kings 7:36; 2 Chronicles 3:7; Exodus 28:36 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb חוֺתָם פִּתּוּחֵי), on stone Exodus 28:9; with accusative אֶבֶן + accusative of congnate meaning with verb Exodus 28:11(all P); with accusative of congnate meaning with verb only, Zechariah 3:9 (on stone), and, in general, 2 Chronicles 2:6; 2 Chronicles 2:13.
Pu. Participle feminine plural חוֹתָם פִּתּוּתֵי מְפֻתָּחֹת Exodus 39:9 (P) stones engraved with the engravings of signet.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:11; 8:6; 24:32; 29:31; 30:22; 41:56; 42:27; 43:21; 44:11

Exodus

2:6; 21:33; 21:33; 28:9; 28:11; 28:11; 28:36; 39:9

Numbers

16:32; 19:15; 22:28; 26:10

Deuteronomy

15:8; 15:8; 15:11; 20:11; 28:12

Joshua

8:17; 10:22; 10:22

Judges

3:25; 3:25; 3:25; 4:19; 19:27

1 Samuel

3:15

1 Kings

7:36; 7:36; 8:29; 8:52; 20:11; 20:11

2 Kings

9:3; 9:10; 13:17; 13:17; 15:16; 15:16

2 Chronicles

2:6; 2:7; 2:13; 2:13; 3:7; 3:7; 6:20; 6:40; 7:15; 29:3

Nehemiah

1:6; 6:5; 7:3; 8:5; 13:19; 13:19

Job

3:1; 11:5; 12:14; 12:18; 12:18; 29:19; 30:11; 30:11; 31:32; 32:19; 32:20; 32:21; 33:2; 33:2; 38:31; 39:5; 41:14

Psalms

5:9; 30:11; 37:14; 38:13; 39:9; 49:4; 51:15; 78:2; 78:23; 102:20; 102:20; 104:28; 105:20; 105:41; 106:17; 109:2; 116:16; 118:19; 145:16

Proverbs

24:7; 31:8; 31:9; 31:26

Song of Songs

5:2; 5:2; 5:5; 5:6; 7:12

Isaiah

5:27; 5:27; 14:17; 20:2; 22:22; 24:18; 26:2; 28:24; 28:24; 35:5; 41:18; 45:1; 45:1; 45:1; 45:8; 48:8; 50:5; 51:14; 51:14; 52:2; 53:7; 58:6; 58:6; 60:11

Jeremiah

1:14; 5:16; 5:16; 13:19; 40:4; 50:25; 50:26

Ezekiel

1:1; 3:2; 3:27; 21:22; 21:27; 21:28; 24:27; 25:9; 33:22; 37:12; 37:13; 44:2; 44:2; 46:1; 46:12

Daniel

10:16

Amos

8:5

Nahum

2:6; 3:13; 3:13

Zechariah

3:9; 3:9; 11:1; 13:1; 13:1

Malachi

3:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6605 matches the Hebrew פָּתַח (pāṯaḥ),
which occurs 145 times in 133 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Job 11:5–Isa 48:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:5 -

“But if only God would speak,

And open H6605 His lips against you,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 -

“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;

He [fn]imprisons a person, and [fn]there is no release H6605.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18 -

“He undoes H6605 the binding of kings,

And ties a loincloth around their waist.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 -

‘My root is spread H6605 out H6605 to the waters,

And dew lies on my branch all night.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:11 -

“Because He has undone H6605 [fn]my [fn]bowstring and afflicted me,

They have cast off the bridle before me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:32 -

“The stranger has not spent the night outside,

For I have opened H6605 my doors to the [fn]traveler.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:19 -

“Behold, my belly is like unvented H6605 wine;

Like new wineskins, it is about to burst.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:20 -

“Let me speak so that I may get relief;

Let me open H6605 my lips and answer.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:2 -

“Behold now, I open H6605 my mouth,

My tongue in my [fn]mouth speaks.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:31 -

“Can you tie up the chains of the Pleiades,

Or untie H6605 the cords of Orion?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:5 -

“Who sent the wild donkey out free?

And who opened H6605 the bonds of the swift donkey,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:14 -

“Who can open H6605 the doors of his face?

Around his teeth there is terror.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9 -

For there is nothing [fn]trustworthy in [fn]their mouth;

Their inward part is destruction itself.

Their throat is an open H6605 grave;

They [fn]flatter with their tongue.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 -

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me;

You have untied H6605 my sackcloth and encircled me with joy,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 -

The wicked have drawn H6605 the sword and bent their bow

To take down the afflicted and the needy,

To kill off those who are upright in conduct.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:13 -

But I, like a person who is deaf, do not hear;

And I am like a person who cannot speak, who does not open H6605 his mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:9 -

“I have become mute, I do not open H6605 my mouth,

Because it is You who have done it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 -

I will incline my ear to a proverb;

I will [fn]express H6605 my riddle on the harp.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:15 -

Lord, [fn]open H6605 my lips,

So that my mouth may declare Your praise.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:2 -

I will open H6605 my mouth in a parable;

I will tell riddles of old,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:23 -

Yet He commanded the clouds above

And opened H6605 the doors of heaven;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:20 -

To hear the groaning of the prisoner,

To set H6605 free H6605 [fn]those who were doomed to death,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:28 -

You give to them, they gather it up;

You open H6605 Your hand, they are satisfied with good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:20 -

The king sent and released him,

The ruler of peoples, and set H6605 him free H6605.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:41 -

He opened H6605 the [fn]rock and water flowed out;

[fn]It ran in the dry places like a river.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:17 -

The earth opened H6605 and swallowed up Dathan,

And engulfed the [fn]company of Abiram.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:2 -

For they have opened H6605 a [fn]wicked and deceitful mouth against me;

They have spoken [fn]against me with a lying tongue.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:16 -

O LORD, [fn]I surely am Your slave,

I am Your slave, the son of Your female slave,

You have unfastened H6605 my restraints.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:19 -

Open H6605 the gates of righteousness to me;

I will enter through them, I will give thanks to [fn]the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:16 -

You open H6605 Your hand

And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:7 -

Wisdom is too exalted for a fool,

He does not open H6605 his mouth at the gate.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:8 -

Open H6605 your mouth for the people who cannot speak,

For the [fn]rights of all the [fn]unfortunate.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:9 -

Open H6605 your mouth, judge righteously,

And [fn]defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:26 -

She opens H6605 her mouth in wisdom,

And the [fn]teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 -

The Bride

“I was asleep but my heart was awake.

A voice! My beloved was knocking:

‘Open H6605 to me, my sister, my darling,

My dove, my perfect one!

For my head is [fn]drenched with dew,

My locks with the dew drops of the night.’

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:5 -

“I arose to open H6605 to my beloved;

And my hands dripped with myrrh,

And my fingers with drops of myrrh,

On the handles of the bolt.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:6 -

“I opened H6605 to my beloved,

But my beloved had turned away and had gone!

My [fn]heart went out to him as he spoke.

I searched for him but I did not find him;

I called him but he did not answer me.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:12 -

“Let’s rise early and go to the vineyards;

Let’s see whether the vine has grown

And its buds have opened H6605,

And whether the pomegranates have bloomed.

There I will give you my love.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 -

No one in it is tired or stumbles,

No one slumbers or sleeps;

Nor is the undergarment at his waist loosened H6605,

Nor his sandal strap broken.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17 -

Who made the world like a wilderness

And overthrew its cities,

Who did not [fn]allow H6605 his prisoners to go home?’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2 - at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen H6605 the sackcloth from your hips and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, going naked and barefoot.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:22 -

“Then I will put the key of the house of David on his shoulder;

When he opens H6605, no one will shut,

When he shuts, no one will open H6605.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 -

Then it will be that the one who flees the sound of terror will fall into the pit,

And the one who [fn]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;

For the windows [fn]above are opened H6605, and the foundations of the earth shake.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:2 -

“Open H6605 the gates, that the righteous nation may enter,

The one that [fn]remains faithful.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:24 -

Does the [fn]farmer plow [fn]continually to plant seed?

Does he continually [fn]turn H6605 and break up his ground?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:5 -

Then the eyes of those who are blind will be opened,

And the ears of those who are deaf will be unstopped H6605.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 -

“I will open H6605 rivers on the bare heights,

And springs in the midst of the valleys;

I will make the wilderness a pool of water,

And the dry land fountains of water.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:1 -

This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed,

Whom I have taken by the right hand,

To subdue nations before him

And [fn]to undo H6605 the weapons belt on the waist of kings;

To open H6605 doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 -

“Drip down, heavens, from above,

And let the clouds pour down righteousness;

Let the earth open H6605 up H6605 and salvation bear fruit,

And righteousness sprout with it.

I, the LORD, have created it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:8 -

“You have not heard, you have not known.

Even from long ago your ear has not been open H6605,

Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously;

And you have been called a [fn]rebel from [fn]birth.


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