Aramaic

To open

פְּתַחStrong’s H6606

petach (pe-tach)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Petach is the Aramaic word usually translated “opened” and “were opened”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.”

Daniel 6:10 KJV

Meaning

To open(P'il) to open

How it's translated

opened 1
they were opened 1

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

Where it's used most

Daniel 2

1 book in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Daniel 7:10In contextA fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

Aramaic dictionary

פְּתַח petach · to open

1) to open 1a) (P'il) to open

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.

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.
To break the seal of a letter and unfold it.
To separate parts that are close; as, to open the lips; to open the mouth or eyes or eyelids; to open a book.
To remove a covering from; as, to open a pit.

All definitions and other forms of “open”

To cut through; to perforate; to lance; as, to open the skin; to open an abscess.
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.
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.
To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
To unstop; as, to open a bottle.
To begin; to make the first exhibition.
To show; to bring to view or knowledge.
To interpret; to explain.“- While he opened to us the Scriptures” Luke 24:32
To reveal; to disclose.
To make liberal; as, to open the heart.
To make the first discharge of artillery; as, to open a heavy fire on the enemy.
To enter on or begin; as to open a negotiation or correspondence; to open a trade with the Indies.
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.

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
To begin to appear.
To commence; to begin. sales of stock open at par.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.