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 39Old Testament books
- 126spellings
- 2meanings
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
The word stands in twenty-three of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to open, and to engrave.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to openStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month… |
| to engraveStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein 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.
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.
- 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
- 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.
- וַיְפַתַּ֖חvayfatachHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he unharnessed
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- וַיִּפְתַּ֖חvaiyiftachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he opened
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- וַֽנִּפְתְּחָה֙vaniftechahHc/Vqw1cp/Shtagged: and we opened
So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
- 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.”
- 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,
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- וַתִּפְתַּ֤חvatiftachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it opened
and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.
- 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?”
- 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.
- וַתִּפְתַּ֨חvatiftachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it opened
Deuteronomy
six uses
Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.’”
- 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!”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- פָּתַ֤חpatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he opened
But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
- וְיִפְתַּ֖חveyiftachHC/Vqu3mstagged: and he may open
What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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—
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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?
- פִתֵּֽחַ׃fiteachverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: did he loosen
Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
- 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.
- פָּת֥וּחַpatuachverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: open
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- אֶפְתַּ֥חʾeftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will open
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
- 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,
- 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.
- פָּתָֽח׃patachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he opened
to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
- 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.
- תִּפְתַּ֥חtiftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you open
The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.
- 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.
- פָּ֣תַחpatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he opened
The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- פִּתְחוּ־pitchu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: open
You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- פְּתַח־petach-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: open
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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—
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- מְפַתֵּ֣חַmefateachverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to engrave
Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!
- 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.
- 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.
- אֶפְתַּ֣חʾeftachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will open
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
