פָּתַח
pâthach · paw-thakh'
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
- to open wide (literally or figuratively)
- specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign › to separate and protect
To speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּתַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
144 occurrences · 144 OT · 0 NT · 126 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- open13 · 18%
- opened9 · 13%
- and opened5 · 7%
- i will open5 · 7%
- may be open3 · 4%
- to open3 · 4%
- be opened2 · 3%
- he opened2 · 3%
- wide2 · 3%
- were opened2 · 3%
- and open2 · 3%
- and grave2 · 3%
- shall be open2 · 3%
- i opened2 · 3%
- and none shall open2 · 3%
- thou openest2 · 3%
- to loose2 · 3%
- hath opened2 · 3%
- shall open2 · 3%
- it shall be opened2 · 3%
- and when she had opened1 · 1%
- that we opened1 · 1%
- of them opened1 · 1%
- to her, and opened1 · 1%
- and he ungirded1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.