Quick Definition
to open
Strong's Definition
to open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: open.
TWOT Reference: 1803
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פָּקַח (pa.qach) — to open. 1) to open (the eyes) 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to open (the eyes) 1a2) to open (the ears) 1b) (Niphal) to be opened
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · פִּקֵּחַ · פְּקַח־קֹוחַ
Able | verb qal, verb nif
Collocation: פקח עֵינַיִם
to make see literally: to open (someone else's) eyes; hence: = causative action by which deities give humans the ability to see things that they were not able to see before
GEN 3:5 · GEN 3:7 · GEN 21:19 · 2KI 6:17 · 2KI 6:17 · 2KI 6:20 · 2KI 6:20 · PSA 146:8 · ISA 35:5 · ISA 42:7
Awake | verb qal
Collocation: פקח עֵינַיִם
to wake up literally: to open (one's) eyes; hence: = process by which humans wake up from sleep or death
Awake | verb qal
Collocation: פקח עֵינַיִם
to keep awake literally: to open (one's) eyes; hence: = action by which humans try to keep themselves from falling asleep
Hear | verb qal
Collocation: פקח אָזְנַיִם
to be open literally: to open (one's) ears; hence: = action by which humans make an effort to hear
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פָּקַח vb. open eyes and (once) ears Qal open eyes
open ears
Niph. be opened, of eyes
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