Patach פָּתַח

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Patach
פָּתַח
Transliterationpatach
Strong's numberH6605 (H6605A, H6605B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto open
Occurrences144 in 133 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (18)

Patach (Hebrew פָּתַח, Strong's H6605) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to open”. It occurs 144 times in 133 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H6605A: to open

1) to open
1a) (Qal) to open
1b) (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to free
1c2) to loosen
1c3) to open, open oneself
1d) (Hithpael) to loose oneself
Aramaic equivalent: pe.tach (פְּתַח "to open" H6606)

H6605B: to engrave

1) to carve, engrave
1a) (Piel) to engrave
1b) (Pual) to be engraved

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

Translated as

KJVopened (51), open (48), loose (7), loosed (5), grave (4), openeth (4), engrave (2), wide (2), graved (2), off (2), out (2), openest (2), and 11 other renderings
BSBopen (31), opened (17), he opened (5), i will open (4), engrave (3), has opened (3), opened up (2), will open (2), engraving (2), are open (2), you open (2), remove (2), and 64 other renderings

Verses

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

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Amos

Nahum

Zechariah

Malachi

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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