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To open

פָּתַחStrong’s H6605

patach (pa-tach)

Appears in 133 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Patach is the Hebrew word usually translated “open”, “opened” and “it will be opened”. It appears in 133 verses of the Old Testament.

“And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.”
Daniel 10:16 KJV
Meaning
  1. To open(Qal) to open · (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open · (Piel) · (Hithpael) to loose oneself
  2. To carve, engrave(Piel) to engrave · (Pual) to be engraved
How it's translated
  • open 20
  • and he opened 11
  • he opened 7
  • it will be opened 5
  • i will open 5
  • certainly 3
  • you will open 3
  • it opened 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 18
  • Isaiah 18
  • Job 13
  • Ezekiel 13
  • Genesis 9
  • 2 Chronicles 7

23 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 133 verses, by book
Deuteronomy 4
15:815:1120:1128:12
Joshua 2
8:1710:22
1 Samuel 1
3:15
Song of Solomon 4
5:25:55:67:12
Daniel 1
10:16
Amos 1
8:5
Nahum 2
2:63:13
Zechariah 3
3:911:113:1
Malachi 1
3:10
Hebrew dictionary

פָּתַח patach · 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 patach · to engrave

1) to carve, engrave 1a) (Piel) to engrave 1b) (Pual) to be engraved

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “open” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

OPEN, verb transitive

o'pn.

  1. To unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or cover and set open; as, to open a door or gate; to open a desk.
  2. To break the seal of a letter and unfold it.
  3. To separate parts that are close; as, to open the lips; to open the mouth or eyes or eyelids; to open a book.
  4. To remove a covering from; as, to open a pit.
All definitions and other forms of “open”
  1. To cut through; to perforate; to lance; as, to open the skin; to open an abscess.
  2. To break; to divide; to split or rend; as, the earth was opened in many places by an earthquake; a rock is opened by blasting.
  3. To clear; to make by removing obstructions; as, to open a road; to open a passage; the heat of spring opens rivers bound with ice.
  4. To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
  5. To unstop; as, to open a bottle.
  6. To begin; to make the first exhibition.
  7. To show; to bring to view or knowledge.
  8. To interpret; to explain.“- While he opened to us the Scriptures” Luke 24:32
  9. To reveal; to disclose.
  10. To make liberal; as, to open the heart.
  11. To make the first discharge of artillery; as, to open a heavy fire on the enemy.
  12. To enter on or begin; as to open a negotiation or correspondence; to open a trade with the Indies.
  13. To begin to see by the removal of something intercepted the view; as, we sailed round the point and opened the harbor.

OPEN, verb intransitive

o'pn.

  1. To unclose itself; to be unclosed; to be parted.“The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram” Psalms 106:17
  2. To begin to appear.
  3. To commence; to begin. sales of stock open at par.
  4. To bark; a term in hunting.

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.