Patsah פָּצָה

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Patsah (Hebrew פָּצָה, Strong's H6475) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to open”. It occurs 15 times in 15 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to part, open, separate, set free
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to open (mouth), utter
1a2) to snatch away, set free

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	opened (7), open (3), rid (2), gaped (1), uttered (1), delivereth (1)
BSB	open (3), opens (2), opened (2), set me free (2), has opened (1), have given my word (1), you have given your word (1), they open (1), promised (1), who frees (1)

Every verse with Patsah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

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;Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your 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; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”

Deuteronomy 11:6
And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.

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 trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
Judges 11:36
And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.“My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”

Job 35:16
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

Psalm 22:13
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
Psalm 66:14
Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
Psalm 144:7
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
Psalm 144:10
It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
Psalm 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:Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

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 moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”

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 looked for; we have found, we have seen it.All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
Lamentations 3:46
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.All our enemies open their mouths against us.

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.And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).