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Hebrew verb · H6605

פָּתַח

pathachpaw-thakh'

to open; to engrave

144 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: pâthach

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6605is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 23 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 126
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6605

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

The King James renders it: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

pathach is rendered "to open; to engrave". It stands 144 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-three books.

  • Twenty-one of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to open".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
  • The Greek text spells it 126 different ways.

The first use

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Genesis 7:11נִפְתָּֽחוּ׃

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to open, and to engrave.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to openStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month…
to engraveStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • open20
  • and he opened11
  • he opened7
  • I will open5
  • it will be opened5
  • certainly to open3
  • it opened3
  • to open3
  • you will open3
  • about to open2
  • and he engraved2
  • and I opened2

and 63 more, 144 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

פָּתָהpathahto open wideUses28
פָּתִילpathilcordUses11
פָּתַרpatharto interpretUses9
פָּתַלpathalto twistUses5
פָּתַתpathathto breakUses1

The words it stands beside

All 144, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

126 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח3
  • וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח3
  • יִפְתַּח־3
  • אֶפְתַּ֣ח2
  • וַיִּפְתַּ֣ח2
  • וַיִּפְתַּ֥ח2
  • וּפִתַּחְתָּ֤2
  • יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃2
  • לִפְתֹּ֤חַ2
  • פָּתַ֤ח2
  • פֹתֵ֜חַ2
  • פְּתַח־2

and 114 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vqw3ms12Hc/Vqw3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular8HVqp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular7HVqi1cs
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular6HVNi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular6HVqi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular6HVqrmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine plural6HVqsfpa
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural5HVNp3cp
  • verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVpp3ms
  • Hc/Vqw3fs4Hc/Vqw3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular4HVqi2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular4HVqsmsa

Genesis

nine uses
  • In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

    Genesis 7:11

    • נִפְתָּֽחוּ׃niftachuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were opened
  • After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

    Genesis 8:6

    • וַיִּפְתַּ֣חvaiyiftachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he opened
  • So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.

    Genesis 24:32

    • וַיְפַתַּ֖חvayfatachHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he unharnessed
  • When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

    Genesis 29:31

    • וַיִּפְתַּ֖חvaiyiftachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he opened
  • Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

    Genesis 30:22

    • וַיִּפְתַּ֖חvaiyiftachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he opened
  • When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

    Genesis 41:56

    • וַיִּפְתַּ֨חvaiyiftachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he opened
  • At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.

    Genesis 42:27

    • וַיִּפְתַּ֨חvaiyiftachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he opened
  • But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.

    Genesis 43:21

    • וַֽנִּפְתְּחָה֙vaniftechahHc/Vqw1cp/Shtagged: and we opened
  • So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

    Genesis 44:11

    • וַֽיִּפְתְּח֖וּvaiyiftechuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they opened

Exodus

six uses
  • When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”

    Exodus 2:6

    • וַתִּפְתַּח֙vatiftachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she opened
  • If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

    Exodus 21:33

    • יִפְתַּ֨חyiftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will open
  • Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:

    Exodus 28:9

    • וּפִתַּחְתָּ֣ufitachtaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will engrave
  • Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings.

    Exodus 28:11

    • תְּפַתַּח֙tefatachverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will engrave
  • You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

    Exodus 28:36

    • וּפִתַּחְתָּ֤ufitachtaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will engrave
  • They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.

    Exodus 39:6

    • מְפֻתָּחֹת֙mefutachotverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: engraved

Numbers

four uses
  • and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.

    Numbers 16:32

    • וַתִּפְתַּ֤חvatiftachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it opened
  • and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.

    Numbers 19:15

    • פָת֔וּחַfatuachverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: open
  • Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”

    Numbers 22:28

    • וַיִּפְתַּ֥חvaiyiftachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he opened
  • And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

    Numbers 26:10

    • וַתִּפְתַּ֨חvatiftachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it opened

Deuteronomy

six uses
  • Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.

    Deuteronomy 15:8

    • פָתֹ֧חַfatoachverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to open
    • תִּפְתַּ֛חtiftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will open
  • For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

    Deuteronomy 15:11

    • פָּ֠תֹחַpatoachverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to open
    • תִּפְתַּ֨חtiftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will open
  • If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.

    Deuteronomy 20:11

    • וּפָתְחָ֖הufatechahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will open
  • The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.

    Deuteronomy 28:12

    • יִפְתַּ֣חyiftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will open

Joshua

two uses
  • Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.

    Joshua 8:17

    • פְּתוּחָ֔הpetuchahverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: open
  • Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”

    Joshua 10:22

    • פִּתְח֖וּpitchuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: open

Judges

four uses
  • So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.

    Judges 3:25

    • פֹתֵ֖חַfoteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: opening
    • וַיִּפְתָּ֔חוּvaiyiftachuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they opened
  • Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.

    Judges 4:19

    • וַתִּפְתַּ֞חvatiftachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she opened
  • In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.

    Judges 19:27

    • וַיִּפְתַּח֙vaiyiftachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he opened

1 Samuel

one use
  • Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

    1 Samuel 3:15

    • וַיִּפְתַּ֖חvaiyiftachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he opened

1 Kings

four uses
  • He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.

    1 Kings 7:36

    • וַיְפַתַּ֤חvayfatachHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he engraved
  • May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

    1 Kings 8:29

    • פְתֻח֜וֹתfetuchotverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: open
  • May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

    1 Kings 8:52

    • פְתֻחוֹת֙fetuchotverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: open
  • And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”

    1 Kings 20:11

    • כִּמְפַתֵּֽחַ׃kimfateachpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: like loosens

2 Kings

five uses
  • Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”

    2 Kings 9:3

    • וּפָתַחְתָּ֥ufatachtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will open
  • And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.

    2 Kings 9:10

    • וַיִּפְתַּ֥חvaiyiftachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he opened
  • “Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

    2 Kings 13:17

    • פְּתַ֧חpetachverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: open
    • וַיִּפְתָּ֑חvaiyiftachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he opened
  • At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

    2 Kings 15:16

    • פָתַ֖חfatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it opened

2 Chronicles

seven uses
  • Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.

    2 Chronicles 2:7

    • לְפַתֵּ֣חַlefateachpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to engrave
  • He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.

    2 Chronicles 2:14

    • וּלְפַתֵּ֙חַ֙ulefateachconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to engrave
  • He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

    2 Chronicles 3:7

    • וּפִתַּ֥חufitachHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he engraved
  • May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

    2 Chronicles 6:20

    • פְתֻח֜וֹתfetuchotverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: open
  • Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

    2 Chronicles 6:40

    • פְּתֻח֔וֹתpetuchotverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: open
  • Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

    2 Chronicles 7:15

    • פְתֻח֔וֹתfetuchotverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: open
  • In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.

    2 Chronicles 29:3

    • פָּתַ֛חpatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he opened

Nehemiah

six uses
  • let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

    Nehemiah 1:6

    • פְתֻוּח֟וֹתfetuvchotverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: open
  • The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter

    Nehemiah 6:5

    • פְּתוּחָ֖הpetuchahverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: open
  • And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”

    Nehemiah 7:3

    • יִפָּֽתְח֞וּyipatechuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be opened
  • Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.

    Nehemiah 8:5

    • וַיִּפְתַּ֨חvaiyiftachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he opened
    • וּכְפִתְח֖וֹukhefitchoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and just as opened he
  • When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

    Nehemiah 13:19

    • יִפְתָּח֔וּםyiftachumverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people will open them

Job

thirteen uses
  • After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

    Job 3:1

    • פָּתַ֤חpatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he opened
  • But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,

    Job 11:5

    • וְיִפְתַּ֖חveyiftachHC/Vqu3mstagged: and he may open
  • What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.

    Job 12:14

    • יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃yipateachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be opened
  • He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

    Job 12:18

    • פִּתֵּ֑חַpiteachverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he loosens
  • My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

    Job 29:19

    • פָת֣וּחַfatuachverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: opened
  • Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

    Job 30:11

    • פִ֭תַּחfitachverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has loosened
  • but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—

    Job 31:32

    • אֶפְתָּֽח׃ʾeftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I opened
  • Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.

    Job 32:19

    • יִפָּתֵ֑חַyipateachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is opened
  • I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

    Job 32:20

    • אֶפְתַּ֖חʾeftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: let me open
  • Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.

    Job 33:2

    • פָּתַ֣חְתִּיpatachtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I open
  • Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?

    Job 38:31

    • תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃tefateachverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you loosen
  • Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

    Job 39:5

    • פִתֵּֽחַ׃fiteachverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: did he loosen
  • Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?

    Job 41:14

    • פִתֵּ֑חַfiteachverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: has he opened

Psalms

eighteen uses
  • For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

    Psalms 5:9

    • פָּת֥וּחַpatuachverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: open
  • You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

    Psalms 30:11

    • פִּתַּ֥חְתָּpitachtaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you loosened
  • The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

    Psalms 37:14

    • פָּֽתְח֣וּpatechuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have drawn
  • But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

    Psalms 38:13

    • יִפְתַּח־yiftach-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he opens
  • I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.

    Psalms 39:9

    • אֶפְתַּח־ʾeftach-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I open
  • I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

    Psalms 49:4

    • אֶפְתַּ֥חʾeftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will open
  • O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

    Psalms 51:15

    • תִּפְתָּ֑חtiftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will open
  • I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

    Psalms 78:2

    • אֶפְתְּחָ֣הʾeftechahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will open
  • Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.

    Psalms 78:23

    • פָּתָֽח׃patachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he opened
  • to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

    Psalms 102:20

    • לְ֝פַתֵּ֗חַlefateachpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to set free
  • When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

    Psalms 104:28

    • תִּפְתַּ֥חtiftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you open
  • The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

    Psalms 105:20

    • וַֽיְפַתְּחֵֽהוּ׃vayfatechehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he set free him
  • He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

    Psalms 105:41

    • פָּ֣תַחpatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he opened
  • The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

    Psalms 106:17

    • תִּפְתַּח־tiftach-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it opened
  • For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

    Psalms 109:2

    • פָּתָ֑חוּpatachuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have opened
  • Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.

    Psalms 116:16

    • פִּ֝תַּ֗חְתָּpitachtaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have loosened
  • Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.

    Psalms 118:19

    • פִּתְחוּ־pitchu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: open
  • You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

    Psalms 145:16

    • פּוֹתֵ֥חַpoteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: opening

Proverbs

four uses
  • Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.

    Proverbs 24:7

    • יִפְתַּח־yiftach-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he opens
  • Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

    Proverbs 31:8

    • פְּתַח־petach-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: open
  • Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

    Proverbs 31:9

    • פְּתַח־petach-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: open
  • She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

    Proverbs 31:26

    • פָּתְחָ֣הpatechahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she opens

Song of Solomon

four uses
  • I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

    Song of Solomon 5:2

    • פִּתְחִי־pitchi-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: open
  • I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.

    Song of Solomon 5:5

    • לִפְתֹּ֣חַliftoachpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to open
  • I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

    Song of Solomon 5:6

    • פָּתַ֤חְתִּֽיpatachtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I opened
  • Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

    Song of Solomon 7:12

    • פִּתַּ֣חpitachverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has opened

Isaiah

twenty-one uses
  • None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

    Isaiah 5:27

    • נִפְתַּח֙niftachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been opened
  • who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”

    Isaiah 14:17

    • פָ֥תַחfatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he opened
  • the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

    Isaiah 20:2

    • וּפִתַּחְתָּ֤ufitachtaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will loosen
  • I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

    Isaiah 22:22

    • וּפָתַח֙ufatachHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will open
    • פֹּתֵֽחַ׃poteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: opens
  • Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

    Isaiah 24:18

    • נִפְתָּ֔חוּniftachuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been opened
  • Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.

    Isaiah 26:2

    • פִּתְח֖וּpitchuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: open
  • Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?

    Isaiah 28:24

    • יְפַתַּ֥חyefatachverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: does he loosen
  • Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

    Isaiah 35:5

    • תִּפָּתַֽחְנָה׃tipatachnahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will be unstopped
  • I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

    Isaiah 41:18

    • אֶפְתַּ֤חʾeftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will open
  • This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

    Isaiah 45:1

    • אֲפַתֵּ֑חַʾafateachverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will loosen
    • לִפְתֹּ֤חַliftoachpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to open
  • Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

    Isaiah 45:8

    • תִּפְתַּח־tiftach-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: let it open up
  • You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.

    Isaiah 48:8

    • פִתְּחָ֣הfitechahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it opened
  • The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.

    Isaiah 50:5

    • פָּתַֽח־patach-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has opened
  • The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.

    Isaiah 51:14

    • לְהִפָּתֵ֑חַlehipateachpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be let loose
  • Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

    Isaiah 52:2

    • הִֽתְפַּתְּחִי֙hitpatechuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: loosen for yourself
  • He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

    Isaiah 53:7

    • יִפְתַּח־yiftach-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he opened
    • יִפְתַּ֖חyiftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he opened
  • Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

    Isaiah 58:6

    • פַּתֵּ֙חַ֙pateachverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to loosen
  • Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.

    Isaiah 60:11

    • וּפִתְּח֨וּufitechuHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will be open

Jeremiah

six uses
  • Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.

    Jeremiah 1:14

    • תִּפָּתַ֣חtipatachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be let loose
  • Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.

    Jeremiah 5:16

    • פָּת֑וּחַpatuachverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: open
  • The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.

    Jeremiah 13:19

    • פֹּתֵ֑חַpoteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: opens
  • But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”

    Jeremiah 40:4

    • פִתַּחְתִּ֣יךָfitachtikhaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I have set free you
  • The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

    Jeremiah 50:25

    • פָּתַ֤חpatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has opened
  • Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.

    Jeremiah 50:26

    • פִּתְח֣וּpitchuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: open

Ezekiel

fifteen uses
  • In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

    Ezekiel 1:1

    • נִפְתְּחוּ֙niftechuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were opened
  • So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll.

    Ezekiel 3:2

    • וָאֶפְתַּ֖חvaeftachHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I opened
  • But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

    Ezekiel 3:27

    • אֶפְתַּ֣חʾeftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will open
  • In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.

    Ezekiel 21:22

    • לִפְתֹּ֤חַliftoachpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to open
  • Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—

    Ezekiel 21:28

    • פְּתוּחָה֙petuchahverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: drawn
  • On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

    Ezekiel 24:27

    • יִפָּ֤תַחyipatachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be opened
  • therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.

    Ezekiel 25:9

    • פֹתֵ֜חַfoteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to open
  • Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.

    Ezekiel 33:22

    • וַיִּפְתַּ֣חvaiyiftachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he had opened
    • וַיִּפָּ֣תַחvaiyipatachHc/VNw3mstagged: and it was opened
  • Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

    Ezekiel 37:12

    • פֹתֵ֜חַfoteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to open
  • Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.

    Ezekiel 37:13

    • בְּפִתְחִ֣יbefitchipreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: when open I
  • And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.

    Ezekiel 44:2

    • יִפָּתֵ֗חַyipateachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be opened
  • “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

    Ezekiel 46:1

    • יִפָּתֵ֔חַyipateachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be opened
    • יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃yipateachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be opened
  • When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.

    Ezekiel 46:12

    • וּפָ֣תַֽחufatachHc/Vqq3mstagged: and someone will open

Daniel

one use
  • And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.

    Daniel 10:16

    • וָאֶפְתַּח־vaeftach-Hc/Vqw1cstagged: and I opened

Amos

one use
  • asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

    Amos 8:5

    • וְנִפְתְּחָה־veniftechah-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: so we may open

Nahum

three uses
  • The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

    Nahum 2:6

    • נִפְתָּ֑חוּniftachuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been opened
  • Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.

    Nahum 3:13

    • פָּת֥וֹחַpatoachverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to open
    • נִפְתְּח֖וּniftechuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will be opened

Zechariah

three uses
  • See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

    Zechariah 3:9

    • מְפַתֵּ֣חַmefateachverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to engrave
  • Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!

    Zechariah 11:1

    • פְּתַ֥חpetachverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: open
  • “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

    Zechariah 13:1

    • נִפְתָּ֔חniftachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: opened

Malachi

one use
  • Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

    Malachi 3:10

    • אֶפְתַּ֣חʾeftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will open

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