Strong's Definition
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
TWOT Reference: 1854,1855
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
פָּתַח (pa.tach) — to open. 1) to open 1a) (Qal) to open 1b) (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to free 1c2) to loosen 1c3) to open, open oneself 1d) (Hithpael) to loose oneself Aramaic equivalent: pe.tach (פְּתַח "to open" H6606)
פָּתַח (pa.tach) — to engrave. 1) to carve, engrave 1a) (Piel) to engrave 1b) (Pual) to be engraved
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִפְתָּח · מִפְתָּח · מַפְתֵּחַ · פִּתּוּחַ · פֵּתַח · פֶּתַח · פִּתָּחֹון · פְּתִיחָה · פְּתַחְיָה
Open | verb qal, verb pi, verb pe'al
to open, to open up = process by which objects open up ► in order to give access to something located inside or to create a passage
JOB 29:19 · PSA 106:17 · SNG 7:13 · ISA 45:8 · DAN 6:11
Open | verb qal, verb pi, verb nif, verb pe'il | ≠ סגר
to open = causative action by which humans or deities allow others entrance, passage, or access (in)to a building, construction, or area ◄ by withdrawing a gate, door, window, lid, covering, or other boundary; ≈ sometimes associated with freedom, sometimes with being exposed, vulnerable
GEN 7:11 · GEN 8:6 · GEN 41:56 · GEN 42:27 · GEN 43:21 · GEN 44:11 · EXO 2:6 · EXO 21:33 · NUM 19:15 · DEU 28:12 · JOS 8:17 · JOS 10:22 · JDG 3:25 · JDG 3:25 · JDG 4:19 · JDG 19:27 · 1SA 3:15 · 2KI 9:3 · 2KI 9:10 · 2KI 13:17 · 2KI 13:17 · 2CH 29:3 · NEH 6:5 · NEH 8:5 · NEH 8:5 · NEH 13:19 · JOB 31:32 · JOB 32:19 · JOB 41:6 · PSA 5:10 · PSA 37:14 · PSA 78:23 · PSA 105:41 · PSA 118:19 · ISA 22:22 · ISA 22:22 · ISA 24:18 · ISA 26:2 · ISA 28:24 · ISA 41:18 · ISA 45:1 · ISA 60:11 · JER 5:16 · JER 13:19 · JER 50:25 · JER 50:26 · EZK 21:33 · EZK 37:12 · EZK 37:13 · EZK 44:2 · EZK 46:1 · EZK 46:1 · EZK 46:12 · DAN 7:10 · NAM 2:7 · NAM 3:13 · NAM 3:13 · ZEC 11:1 · ZEC 13:1 · MAL 3:10
Open | verb qal
to open the door or gate for (someone) = causative action by which humans allow other humans entrance, passage, or access (in)to a building, construction, or area ◄ by opening a door or gate
DEU 20:11 · 2KI 15:16 · NEH 7:3 · SNG 5:2 · SNG 5:5 · SNG 5:6 · EZK 1:1
Able | verb qal, verb nif
Collocation: פתח פֶּה
to enable to speak literally: to open (someone else's) mouth; hence: = causative action by which deities give humans or animals the ability to speak
Able | verb qal
Collocation: פתח רֶחֶם
to enable (someone) to have children literally: to open (someone's) womb; hence: = causative action by which deities enable humans to bear children
Able | verb qal
Collocation: פתח שָׂפָה
to enable to speak literally: to open (someone's) lips; hence: = causative action by which deities enable humans to speak
Non-Whole | verb hit
to loose, to untie, to undo = action by which humans detach an object that is tied around them
Non-Whole | verb pi | ≠ קשׁר
to loose, to untie = causative action by which humans remove a rope linking two objects
Non-Whole | verb pi
to unharness, to unload = causative action by which humans release animals from bridles and loads and everything else that hampers them
Rejoice | verb pi
Collocation: פתח שַׂק
"to ungird (someone's) sackcloth" = to bring joy (to someone) literally: to ungird (someone's) sackcloth; hence: = causative action by which deities bring joy into the life of humans, ◄ as if by removing the mourning clothes they wear
Non-Role | verb pi
Collocation: פתח מוּסָר
"to ungird (someone's) correction" = to depose literally: to ungird (someone's) correction; hence: = causative action by which deities remove humans from a position of authority, ◄ as if that authority was symbolized by the belt around their waist
Non-Role | verb pi
Collocation: פתח מָתְנַיִם
"to ungird (someone's) loins" = to depose literally: to ungird (someone's) loins; hence: = causative action by which humans remove other humans from a position of authority, ◄ as if that authority was symbolized by the belt around their waist
Non-Engage | verb pi
Collocation: פתח חַרְצֻבֹּות רֶשַׁע
"to loose bonds of wickedness" = to release (people) that are kept in bondage unjustly literally: to loose the bonds of wickedness; hence: = action by which humans let go of an activity directed at other humans that is considered evil, ◄ as if this activity was a rope or chain by which those others were tied
Safe | verb pi
Collocation: פתח לְמֹוסְרֹות
"to loose (someone's) bonds" = to deliver (someone) literally: to loose (someone's) bonds; hence: = causative action by which deities save humans from danger, ◄ as if by releasing them from the trap in which they were caught
Weak | verb pi
Collocation: פתח יֶתֶר
"to untie (someone's) bowstring" = to weaken (someone) literally: to untie (someone's) bowstring; hence: = causative action by which deities remove humans from a position of power and status, ◄ as if by removing the string from their bow to disarm them
Easy | verb qal
to explain, to solve literally: to open up words; hence: = causative action by which humans make difficult words easy to understand
Free | verb pi
Collocation: פתח מֹוסְרֹות
to release, to set free literally: to loose (someone's) bonds; hence: = causative action by which a deity allows a domesticated animal become a wild animal
Free | verb qal, verb pi, verb nif | ≠ סגר
to release, to set free = causative action by which humans and deities release a prisoner
JOB 12:14 · PSA 102:21 · PSA 105:20 · ISA 14:17 · ISA 51:14 · JER 40:4
Happen | verb qal, verb nif
to open, to let loose literally: to open an event; hence: = causative action by which humans cause or allow an event to happen
Hear | verb qal, verb pi, verb nif
Collocation: פתח אֹזֶן
to enable (someone) to hear literally: to open (someone's) ear; hence: = causative action by which deities allow humans to hear
Ingest | verb qal
Collocation: פתח פֶּה
to open (one's) mouth = action by which humans or animals open their mouth ► in order to eat or swallow something; ≈ here used figuratively about the earth that opens up to swallow someone alive and send that person to the world of the dead
Speak | verb qal
Collocation: פֶּה פתח
to open up = process by which (someone's) mouth opens up ► in order to speak
Speak | verb qal
Collocation: פתח פֶּה
to open (one's) mouth (to speak) = action by which humans or animals open their mouth ► in order to speak
JOB 3:1 · JOB 11:5 · JOB 32:20 · JOB 33:2 · PSA 38:14 · PSA 39:10 · PSA 78:2 · PRO 24:7 · PRO 31:8 · PRO 31:9 · PRO 31:26 · ISA 53:7 · ISA 53:7 · EZK 3:2 · EZK 21:27 · DAN 10:16
See
Collocation: עֵנַיִם פתח
eyes are opened literally: (one's) eyes are open; hence: = state in which deities are actively watching out for the good of someone else
1KI 8:29 · 1KI 8:52 · 2CH 6:20 · 2CH 6:40 · 2CH 7:15 · NEH 1:6
Shape | verb pi, verb pu'al | ≈ קלע
to engrave = causative action by which someone carves figures or characters on the surface of a hard object, such as stone or metal, with the help of a sharp tool
EXO 28:9 · EXO 28:11 · EXO 28:36 · EXO 39:6 · 1KI 7:36 · 2CH 2:6 · 2CH 2:13 · 2CH 3:7 · ZEC 3:9
Unsafe
to expose literally: to open (an area); hence: = causative action by which deities allow a certain area to become vulnerable and open to enemy attack
Willing
Collocation: פתח פֶּה
to be generous literally: to open (one's) hand; hence: = state in which humans or deities are willing to give
DEU 15:8 · DEU 15:8 · DEU 15:11 · DEU 15:11 · PSA 104:28 · PSA 145:16
1 PSA 118:19 There is some doubt as to whether this refers to the gates of the temple or to those of Jerusalem. 2 2KI 15:16 There is no explicit indirect object here 3 1KI 20:11 Due to the condensed language of this proverb the direct object is not given in the text. 4 ISA 52:2 · ISA 52:2 MT-K HOTTP-C NJB התפתחו (to be read as a pf.3mp) | MT-Q RSV NIV NJPS NRSV REB GNT CEV התפתחי 5 JOB 12:18 MT HOTTP-B מוּסָר | RSV NIV NJPS NJB NRSV REB מֹוסֵר
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פָּתַח vb. open Qal open sack
Niph. be opened
Pi. be opened free, i.e. ungird, camels
loosen (and remove) sack-cloth
open gates, doors
Hithp. loosen thee the fetters of thy neck
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[פָּתַח] vb. Pi. engrave Pu. stones engraved with the engravings of a signet.
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