פָּתַח patach

Hebrew word for “to open” · Strong’s H6605 · used 144 times in 133 verses

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Meaning

1) to open; 1a) (Qal) to open;

Senses in the lexicon

• to open (135)
• to engrave (9)

How it is translated

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

• opened 37
• open 26
• will open 13
• will be opened 7
• certainly 3
• opens 3
• has opened 3
• will engrave 3
• engraved 3
• opening 2
• may open 2
• set free 2

Where it is used

Also in 11 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 28 (3), Proverbs 31 (3), Song of Solomon 5 (3), Deuteronomy 15 (2), 1 Kings 8 (2), 2 Kings 9 (2), 2 Chronicles 2 (2), 2 Chronicles 6 (2), Job 12 (2), Job 32 (2)

Forms

• פתח 25
• ויפתח 16
• יפתח 13
• תפתח 9
• אפתח 8
• פתחו 6
• נפתחו 5
• פתוח 5
• פתחות 5
• לפתח 5

Words used with it

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

• פֶּה peh “lip” 25
• דֶּלֶת delet “door” 14
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 13
• סָגַר sagar “to shut” 9
• פִּתּוּחַ pittuach “engraving” 6
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 12
• אֲנִי ani “I” 11
• אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 7
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 10
• אָלַם alam “be dumb” 4
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 10
• זֶה zeh “this” 10

Key verses

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

• 1 Kings 8:29 — That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken…
• Nehemiah 1:6 — Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the…
• Psalms 30:11 — Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
• Song of Solomon 5:2 — I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled…
• Isaiah 35:5 — Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
• Isaiah 45:1 — Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open…
• Isaiah 48:8 — Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and…
• Ezekiel 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the…
• Daniel 10:16 — 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,…
• Zechariah 3:9 — For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts,…
• Zechariah 13:1 — In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
• Malachi 3:10 — Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you…

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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.