פָּצָה patsah
Hebrew word for “to open” · Strong’s H6475 · used 15 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) to part, open, separate, set free; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to open (mouth), utter; 1a2) to snatch away, set free
How it is translated
Glosses given for patsah in context, with how often each is used:
- have opened 5
- opened 2
- set free 2
- has opened 1
- will open 1
- opens 1
- who sets free 1
- opening 1
- open 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Lamentations | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 144 (3), Judges 11 (2), Genesis 4 (1), Numbers 16 (1), Deuteronomy 11 (1), Job 35 (1), Psalms 22 (1), Psalms 66 (1), Isaiah 10 (1), Lamentations 2 (1)
Forms
- פצו 4
- פצתה 2
- פצני 2
- ופצתה 1
- פציתי 1
- פציתה 1
- יפצה 1
- הפוצה 1
- ופצה 1
- פצה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with patsah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- פֶּה peh “lip” 13
- בָּלַע bala “to swallow up” 3
- אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 3
- נֵכָר nekhar “foreign” 2
- נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 2
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 3
- אֲדָמָה adamah “land” 2
- דָבַר davar “to speak” 3
- מָצָא matsa “to find” 2
- אֲנִי ani “I” 2
- נִי ni “me” 2
- רָאָה raah “to see” 2
Key verses
The verses using patsah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 4:11 — And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
- Numbers 16:30 — But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit;…
- Judges 11:35 — And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that…
- Job 35:16 — Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
- Psalms 22:13 — They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
- Psalms 66:14 — Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
- Psalms 144:7 — Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
- Psalms 144:10 — It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
- Psalms 144:11 — Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
- Isaiah 10:14 — And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that…
- Lamentations 2:16 — All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we…
- Ezekiel 2:8 — But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.