Quick Definition
to open
Strong's Definition
to yawn, i.e. open wide (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: gape, open (wide).
TWOT Reference: 1794
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to open wide, gape
1a) (Qal) to gape
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פָּעַר (pa.ar) — to open. 1) to open wide, gape 1a) (Qal) to gape
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Open | verb qal
to open (one's mouth) wide = action by which humans open wide their mouth, ► in order to eat or drink, to speak, or to menace
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[פָּעַר] vb. open wide (the mouth) base
