Opening
פְּקַח־קוֹחַStrong’s H6495peqach-qoach (pe-qach-qo-ach)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Peqach-qoach is the Hebrew word usually translated “re-” and “-lease”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;”
Meaning
- Opening (of eyes), wide
How it's translated
- re- 1
- -lease 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
פְּקַח־קוֹחַ peqach-qoach · opening
opening (of eyes), wide
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “opening” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OPENING, participle present
tense o'pning. Unclosing; unsealing; uncovering; revealing; interpreting.
All definitions and other forms of “opening”
OPENING, noun
o'pning.
- A breach; an aperture; a hole or perforation.
- A place admitting entrance; as a bay or creek.
- Dawn; first appearance or visibleness; beginning of exhibition or discovery.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.