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Lexicon :: Strong's H6605 - pāṯaḥ

Aa
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 3 / 3 (Isa 50:5–Mal 3:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5 -

The Lord GOD has opened my ear,

and I was not rebellious;

I did not turn back.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:14 -

The prisoner[fn] is soon to be set free;

he will not die and go to the Pit,

and his food will not be lacking.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2 -

“Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!

Take your seat, Jerusalem.

Remove the bonds[fn] from your neck,

captive Daughter Zion.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 -

He was oppressed and afflicted,

yet he did not open his mouth.

Like a lamb led to the slaughter

and like a sheep silent before her shearers,

he did not open his mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:6 -

“Isn’t this the fast I choose:

To break the chains of wickedness,

to untie the ropes of the yoke,

to set the oppressed free,

and to tear off every yoke?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11 -

Your city gates will always be 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:14 -

Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster will be poured out[fn] from the north on all who live in the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:16 -

Their quiver is like an open grave;

they are all warriors.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:19 -

The cities of the Negev are under siege;

no one can help them.

All of Judah has been taken into exile,

taken completely into exile.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 -

“Now pay attention: Today I am setting you free from the chains that were on your hands. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther.[fn] Look ​— ​the whole land is in front of you. Wherever it seems good and right for you to go, go there.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:25 -

The LORD opened his armory

and brought out his weapons of wrath,

because it is a task of the Lord GOD of Armies

in the land of the Chaldeans.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:26 -

Come against her from the most distant places.[fn]

Open her granaries;

pile her up like mounds of grain

and completely destroy her.

Leave her no survivors.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:1 -

In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was among the exiles by the Chebar Canal, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:2 -

So I opened my mouth, and he fed me the scroll.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:27 -

“But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Let the one who listens, listen, and let the one who refuses, refuse ​— ​for they are a rebellious house.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 -

“The answer marked[fn] Jerusalem appears in his right hand, indicating that he should set up battering rams, give the order to[fn] slaughter, raise a battle cry, set battering rams against the gates, build a ramp, and construct a siege wall.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 -

“Now you, son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt.’ You are to proclaim,

‘A sword! A sword

is drawn for slaughter,

polished to consume, to flash like lightning.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:27 -

“On that day your mouth will be opened to talk with him; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign for them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:9 -

Therefore I am about to expose Moab’s flank beginning with its[fn] frontier cities, the splendor of the land: Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:22 -

Now the hand of the LORD had been on me the evening before the fugitive arrived, 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:12 -

“Therefore, prophesy and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them, my people, and lead you into the land of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:13 -

“You will know that I am the LORD, my people, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:2 -

The LORD said to me, “This gate will remain closed. It will not be opened, and no one will enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain closed.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:1 -

“This is what the Lord GOD says: The gate of the inner court that faces east is to be closed during the six days of work, but it will be opened on the Sabbath day and opened on the day of the New Moon.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:12 -

“When the prince makes a freewill offering, whether a burnt offering or a fellowship offering as a freewill offering to the LORD, the gate that faces east is to be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or fellowship offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he will go out, and the gate is to be closed after he leaves.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 -

Suddenly one with human likeness touched my lips. I opened my mouth and said to the one standing in front of me, “My lord, because of the vision, anguish overwhelms me and I am powerless.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 -

asking, “When will the New Moon be over

so we may sell grain,

and the Sabbath,

so we may market wheat?

We can reduce the measure

while increasing the price[fn]

and cheat with dishonest scales.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:6 -

The river gates are opened,

and the palace erodes away.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:13 -

Look, your troops are like women among you;

your land’s city gates

are wide open to your enemies.

Fire will devour the bars of your gates.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:9 -

“Notice the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave an inscription on it” ​— ​this is the declaration of the LORD of Armies ​— ​“and I will take away the iniquity of this land in a single day.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:1 -

Open your gates, Lebanon,

and fire will consume your cedars.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:1 -

“On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10 -

“Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may be food in my house. Test me in this way,” says the LORD of Armies. “See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure.


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