פָּקַח paqach

Hebrew word for “to open” · Strong’s H6491 · used 20 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

1) to open (the eyes); 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to open (the eyes); 1a2) to open (the ears); 1b) (Niphal) to be opened

How it is translated

Glosses given for paqach in context, with how often each is used:

• open 8
• opened 6
• will be opened 2
• do you open 1
• opens 1
• opening 1
• will open 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 3 (2), 2 Kings 6 (2), Isaiah 42 (2), Genesis 21 (1), 2 Kings 4 (1), 2 Kings 19 (1), Job 14 (1), Job 27 (1), Psalms 146 (1), Proverbs 20 (1)

Forms

• פקח 8
• ויפקח 4
• ונפקחו 1
• ותפקחנה 1
• פקחת 1
• תפקחנה 1
• לפקח 1
• פקוח 1
• פקחות 1
• אפקח 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with paqach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עַיִן ayin “eye” 16
• אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 5
• עִוֵּר ivver “blind” 3
• רָאָה raah “to see” 7
• סַנְחֵרִיב sancheriv “Sennacherib” 2
• נָטָה natah “to stretch” 3
• נַעַר naar “youth” 3
• חָרַף charaph “to taunt” 2
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 4
• אֱלִישָׁע elisah “Elisha” 2
• רַב rav “many” 3
• סוּס sus “horse” 2

Key verses

The verses using paqach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 3:5 — For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
• Genesis 3:7 — And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
• 2 Kings 6:17 — And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the…
• Job 27:19 — The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
• Psalms 146:8 — The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
• Isaiah 35:5 — Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
• Isaiah 37:17 — Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
• Isaiah 42:7 — To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
• Isaiah 42:20 — Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
• Jeremiah 32:19 — Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to…
• Daniel 9:18 — O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our…
• Zechariah 12:4 — In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and…

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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.