פָּתַח
to open
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”).
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”).
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘free’
- Pual
- The passive counterpart of the Piel.
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself).
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 53 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 12 times (8%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 9 times (6%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 7 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 7 times (5%)
- Verb, Niphal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 6 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 6 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Feminine, Plural, Absolute 6 times (4%)
- Verb, Piel, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 6 times (4%)
+45 more forms (86 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 145 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H6605 appears — 133 distinct verses across 23 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 9 verses
- Genesis 7:11 נִפְתָּֽחוּ Niphal pf 3cp In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.
- Genesis 8:6 וַ/יִּפְתַּ֣ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made,
- Genesis 24:32 וַ/יְפַתַּ֖ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
- Genesis 29:31 וַ/יִּפְתַּ֖ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 30:22 וַ/יִּפְתַּ֖ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
- Genesis 41:56 וַ/יִּפְתַּ֨ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 42:27 וַ/יִּפְתַּ֨ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging-place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
- Genesis 43:21 וַֽ/נִּפְתְּחָ/ה֙ conj + Qal wimpf 1cp + sfx h and it happened, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. We have brought it again in our hand.
- Genesis 44:11 וַֽ/יִּפְתְּח֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then they hurried, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
Exodus 6 verses
- Exodus 2:6 וַ/תִּפְתַּח֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3fs She opened it, and saw the child, and, behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
- Exodus 21:33 יִפְתַּ֨ח Qal impf 3ms "If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
- Exodus 28:9 וּ/פִתַּחְתָּ֣ conj + Piel wpf 2ms You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:
- Exodus 28:11 תְּפַתַּח֙ Piel impf 2ms With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shall you engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: you shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.
- Exodus 28:36 וּ/פִתַּחְתָּ֤ conj + Piel wpf 2ms "You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, 'HOLY TO YAHWEH.'
- Exodus 39:6 מְפֻתָּחֹת֙ Pual ptcp.pass fp They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
Numbers 4 verses
- Numbers 16:32 וַ/תִּפְתַּ֤ח conj + Qal wimpf 3fs and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who appertained to Korah, and all their goods.
- Numbers 19:15 פָת֔וּחַ Qal ptcp.pass ms Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.
- Numbers 22:28 וַ/יִּפְתַּ֥ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?
- Numbers 26:10 וַ/תִּפְתַּ֨ח conj + Qal wimpf 3fs and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign.
Deuteronomy 4 verses
- Deuteronomy 15:8 פָתֹ֧חַ תִּפְתַּ֛ח Qal inf.abs Qal impf 2ms but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants.
- Deuteronomy 15:11 פָּ֠תֹחַ תִּפְתַּ֨ח Qal inf.abs Qal impf 2ms For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.
- Deuteronomy 20:11 וּ/פָתְחָ֖ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs It shall be, if it make you answer of peace, and open to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.
- Deuteronomy 28:12 יִפְתַּ֣ח Qal impf 3ms Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 8:17 פְּתוּחָ֔ה Qal ptcp.pass fs There was not a man left in Ai or Beth El, who didn't go out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
- Joshua 10:22 פִּתְח֖וּ Qal impv 2mp Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings to me out of the cave.
Judges 3 verses
- Judges 3:25 פֹתֵ֖חַ וַ/יִּפְתָּ֔חוּ Qal ptcp.act ms conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They waited until they were ashamed; and, behold, he didn't open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened [them], and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
- Judges 4:19 וַ/תִּפְתַּ֞ח conj + Qal wimpf 3fs He said to her, Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
- Judges 19:27 וַ/יִּפְתַּח֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
1 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 4 verses
- 1 Kings 7:36 וַ/יְפַתַּ֤ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms On the plates of the stays of it, and on the panels of it, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.
- 1 Kings 8:29 פְתֻח֜וֹת Qal ptcp.pass fp that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.
- 1 Kings 8:52 פְתֻחוֹת֙ Qal ptcp.pass fp that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.
- 1 Kings 20:11 כִּ/מְפַתֵּֽחַ prep + Piel ptcp.act ms The king of Israel answered, Tell him, Don't let him who girds on [his armor] boast himself as he who puts it off.
2 Kings 4 verses
- 2 Kings 9:3 וּ/פָתַחְתָּ֥ conj + Qal pf 2ms Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus says Yahweh, I have anointed you king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and don't wait.
- 2 Kings 9:10 וַ/יִּפְתַּ֥ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. He opened the door, and fled.
- 2 Kings 13:17 פְּתַ֧ח וַ/יִּפְתָּ֑ח Qal impv 2ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, Open the window eastward; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot. He said, Yahweh's arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you shall strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them.
- 2 Kings 15:16 פָתַ֖ח Qal pf 3ms Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all who were therein, and the borders of it, from Tirzah: because they didn't open to him, therefore he struck it; and all the women therein who were with child he ripped up.
2 Chronicles 7 verses
- 2 Chronicles 2:7 לְ/פַתֵּ֣חַ prep + Piel inf.cs Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave [all manner of] engravings, [to be] with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 וּ/לְ/פַתֵּ֨חַ֙ conj + prep + Piel inf.cs the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to devise any device; that there may be [a place] appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
- 2 Chronicles 3:7 וּ/פִתַּ֥ח conj + Piel pf 3ms He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls of it, and the doors of it, with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.
- 2 Chronicles 6:20 פְתֻח֜וֹת Qal ptcp.pass fp that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.
- 2 Chronicles 6:40 פְּתֻח֔וֹת Qal ptcp.pass fp Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
- 2 Chronicles 7:15 פְתֻח֔וֹת Qal ptcp.pass fp Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
- 2 Chronicles 29:3 פָּתַ֛ח Qal pf 3ms He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, and repaired them.
Nehemiah 5 verses
- Nehemiah 1:6 פְתֻוּח֟וֹת Qal ptcp.pass fp Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father's house have sinned:
- Nehemiah 6:5 פְּתוּחָ֖ה Qal ptcp.pass fs Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
- Nehemiah 7:3 יִפָּֽתְח֞וּ Niphal impf 3mp I said to them, Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand [on guard], let them shut the doors, and bar you them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, and everyone [to be] over against his house.
- Nehemiah 8:5 וַ/יִּפְתַּ֨ח וּ/כְ/פִתְח֖/וֹ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
- Nehemiah 13:19 יִפְתָּח֔וּ/ם Qal impf 3mp + sfx pers 3mp It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day.
Job 13 verses
- Job 3:1 פָּתַ֤ח Qal pf 3ms After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
- Job 11:5 וְ/יִפְתַּ֖ח conj + Qal impf 3ms But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against you,
- Job 12:14 יִפָּתֵֽחַ Niphal impf 3ms Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
- Job 12:18 פִּתֵּ֑חַ Piel pf 3ms He loosens the bond of kings, He binds their loins with a belt.
- Job 29:19 פָת֣וּחַ Qal ptcp.pass ms My root is spread out to the waters, The dew lies all night on my branch;
- Job 30:11 פִ֭תַּח Piel pf 3ms For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; And they have thrown off restraint before me.
- Job 31:32 אֶפְתָּֽח Qal impf 1cs (The foreigner has not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveler);
- Job 32:19 יִפָּתֵ֑חַ Niphal impf 3ms Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; Like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
- Job 32:20 אֶפְתַּ֖ח Qal impf 1cs I will speak, that I may be refreshed. I will open my lips and answer.
- Job 33:2 פָּתַ֣חְתִּי Qal pf 1cs See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
- Job 38:31 תְּפַתֵּֽחַ Piel impf 2ms "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loosen the cords of Orion?
- Job 39:5 פִתֵּֽחַ Piel pf 3ms "Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
- Job 41:14 פִתֵּ֑חַ Piel pf 3ms Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
Psalms 18 verses
- Psalms 5:9 פָּת֥וּחַ Qal ptcp.pass ms For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
- Psalms 30:11 פִּתַּ֥חְתָּ Piel pf 2ms You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
- Psalms 37:14 פָּֽתְח֣וּ Qal pf 3cp The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To kill those who are upright in the way.
- Psalms 38:13 יִפְתַּח Qal impf 3ms But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.
- Psalms 39:9 אֶפְתַּח Qal impf 1cs I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, Because you did it.
- Psalms 49:4 אֶפְתַּ֥ח Qal impf 1cs I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
- Psalms 51:15 תִּפְתָּ֑ח Qal impf 2ms Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.
- Psalms 78:2 אֶפְתְּחָ֣ה Qal coh 1cs I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
- Psalms 78:23 פָּתָֽח Qal pf 3ms Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven.
- Psalms 102:20 לְ֝/פַתֵּ֗חַ prep + Piel inf.cs To hear the groans of the prisoner; To free those who are condemned to death;
- Psalms 104:28 תִּפְתַּ֥ח Qal impf 2ms You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
- Psalms 105:20 וַֽ/יְפַתְּחֵֽ/הוּ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms The king sent and freed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
- Psalms 105:41 פָּ֣תַח Qal pf 3ms He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
- Psalms 106:17 תִּפְתַּח Qal impf 3fs The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
- Psalms 109:2 פָּתָ֑חוּ Qal pf 3cp For they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
- Psalms 116:16 פִּ֝תַּ֗חְתָּ Piel pf 2ms Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.
- Psalms 118:19 פִּתְחוּ Qal impv 2mp Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.
- Psalms 145:16 פּוֹתֵ֥חַ Qal ptcp.act ms You open your hand, And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Proverbs 4 verses
- Proverbs 24:7 יִפְתַּח Qal impf 3ms Wisdom is too high for a fool: He doesn't open his mouth in the gate.
- Proverbs 31:8 פְּתַח Qal impv 2ms Open your mouth for the mute, In the cause of all who are left desolate.
- Proverbs 31:9 פְּתַח Qal impv 2ms Open your mouth, judge righteously, And serve justice to the poor and needy."
- Proverbs 31:26 פָּתְחָ֣ה Qal pf 3fs She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.
Song of Solomon 4 verses
- Song of Solomon 5:2 פִּתְחִי Qal impv 2fs I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My hair with the dampness of the night.
- Song of Solomon 5:5 לִ/פְתֹּ֣חַ prep + Qal inf.cs I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, My fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handles of the lock.
- Song of Solomon 5:6 פָּתַ֤חְתִּֽי Qal pf 1cs I opened to my beloved; But my beloved left; gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. I called him, but he didn't answer.
- Song of Solomon 7:12 פִּתַּ֣ח Piel pf 3ms Let's go early up to the vineyards. Let's see whether the vine has budded, Its blossom is open, And the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.
Isaiah 18 verses
- Isaiah 5:27 נִפְתַּח֙ Niphal pf 3ms None shall be weary nor stumble among them; None shall slumber nor sleep; Neither shall the belt of their loins be untied, Nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
- Isaiah 14:17 פָ֥תַח Qal pf 3ms who made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities of it; who didn't let loose his prisoners to their home?"
- Isaiah 20:2 וּ/פִתַּחְתָּ֤ conj + Piel wpf 2ms at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off your loins, and put your shoe from off your foot. He did so, walking naked and barefoot.
- Isaiah 22:22 וּ/פָתַח֙ פֹּתֵֽחַ conj + Qal pf 3ms Qal ptcp.act ms The key of the house of David will I lay on his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
- Isaiah 24:18 נִפְתָּ֔חוּ Niphal pf 3cp It shall happen, that he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
- Isaiah 26:2 פִּתְח֖וּ Qal impv 2mp Open you the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps faith may enter in.
- Isaiah 28:24 יְפַתַּ֥ח Piel impf 3ms Does he who plows to sow plow continually? does he [continually] open and harrow his ground?
- Isaiah 35:5 תִּפָּתַֽחְנָה Niphal impf 3fp Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
- Isaiah 41:18 אֶפְתַּ֤ח Qal impf 1cs I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
- Isaiah 45:1 אֲפַתֵּ֑חַ לִ/פְתֹּ֤חַ Piel impf 1cs prep + Qal inf.cs Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
- Isaiah 45:8 תִּפְתַּח Qal impf 3fs Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Yahweh, have created it.
- Isaiah 48:8 פִתְּחָ֣ה Piel pf 3fs Yes, you didn't hear; yes, you didn't know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you did deal very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.
- Isaiah 50:5 פָּתַֽח Qal pf 3ms The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
- Isaiah 51:14 לְ/הִפָּתֵ֑חַ prep + Niphal inf.cs The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die [and go down] into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
- Isaiah 52:2 התפתחו הִֽתְפַּתְּחִי֙ Hithpael impv 2mp Hithpael impv 2fs Shake yourself from the dust; arise, sit [on your throne], Jerusalem: loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion.
- Isaiah 53:7 יִפְתַּח יִפְתַּ֖ח Qal impf 3ms Qal impf 3ms He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth.
- Isaiah 58:6 פַּתֵּ֨חַ֙ Piel inf.abs Isn't this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
- Isaiah 60:11 וּ/פִתְּח֨וּ conj + Piel wpf 3cp Your gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.
Jeremiah 6 verses
- Jeremiah 1:14 תִּפָּתַ֣ח Niphal impf 3fs Then Yahweh said to me, Out of the north evil shall break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.
- Jeremiah 5:16 פָּת֑וּחַ Qal ptcp.pass ms Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
- Jeremiah 13:19 פֹּתֵ֑חַ Qal ptcp.act ms The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.
- Jeremiah 40:4 פִתַּחְתִּ֣י/ךָ Piel pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms Now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seem good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well to you; but if it seem ill to you to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.
- Jeremiah 50:25 פָּתַ֤ח Qal pf 3ms Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, has a work [to do] in the land of the Chaldeans.
- Jeremiah 50:26 פִּתְח֣וּ Qal impv 2mp Come against her from the utmost border; open her store-houses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.
Ezekiel 13 verses
- Ezekiel 1:1 נִפְתְּחוּ֙ Niphal pf 3cp Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
- Ezekiel 3:2 וָ/אֶפְתַּ֖ח conj + Qal wimpf 1cs So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.
- Ezekiel 3:27 אֶפְתַּ֣ח Qal impf 1cs But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: He who hears, let him hear; and he who forbears, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 21:22 לִ/פְתֹּ֤חַ prep + Qal inf.cs In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
- Ezekiel 21:28 פְּתוּחָה֙ Qal ptcp.pass fs You, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and say you, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning;
- Ezekiel 24:27 יִפָּ֤תַח Niphal impf 3ms In that day shall your mouth be opened to him who is escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more mute: so shall you be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 25:9 פֹתֵ֜חַ Qal ptcp.act ms therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim,
- Ezekiel 33:22 וַ/יִּפְתַּ֣ח וַ/יִּפָּ֣תַח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms Now the hand of Yahweh had been on me in the evening, before he who was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more mute.
- Ezekiel 37:12 פֹתֵ֜חַ Qal ptcp.act ms Therefore prophesy, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.
- Ezekiel 37:13 בְּ/פִתְחִ֣/י prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, my people.
- Ezekiel 44:2 יִפָּתֵ֗חַ Niphal impf 3ms Yahweh said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.
- Ezekiel 46:1 יִפָּתֵ֔חַ יִפָּתֵֽחַ Niphal impf 3ms Niphal impf 3ms Thus says the Lord Yahweh: The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
- Ezekiel 46:12 וּ/פָ֣תַֽח conj + Qal wpf 3ms When the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering to Yahweh, one shall open for him the gate that looks toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace-offerings, as he does on the Sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
Daniel 1 verse
Amos 1 verse
Nahum 2 verses
Zechariah 3 verses
- Zechariah 3:9 מְפַתֵּ֣חַ Piel ptcp.act ms For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the engraving of it,' says Yahweh of Hosts, 'and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
- Zechariah 11:1 פְּתַ֥ח Qal impv 2ms Open your doors, Lebanon, That the fire may devour your cedars.
- Zechariah 13:1 נִפְתָּ֔ח Niphal ptcp.pass ms "In that day there will be a spring opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
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פתח — transliterated pâthach — is a Hebrew verb carrying the sense “to open.” Different stems carry different senses — BDB groups them under 5 stems, among them Qal and Niphal. With 133 verses in 23 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. Debuting at Genesis 7:11, it then recurs through the corpus. Sharing its root, it stands alongside מפתח, מפתח and פתוח. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6605 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 133
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 133 distinct verses.
- 23 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 23 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #309
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 309 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 133 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 58 verses · 44%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 52 verses · 39%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 23 verses · 17%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Open 20×, Opened 17×, He opened 6×
- American Standard Version†: Open 22×, Opened 16×, He opened 6×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Open 31×, Opened 18×, He opened 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Open 27×, Opened 26×, I will open 7×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6605 across 144† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 57 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6605 across 146† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 62 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6605 across 141† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 63 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6605 across 170† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 59 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
9 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal) and Pual (the passive of Piel).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 9 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
פתח I open (NH id.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. פ׳ 2 K 15:16 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִפְתַּח Ex 21:33 +; 3 mpl. sf. יִפְתָּחוּם Ne 13:19, etc.; Imv. ms. פְּתַח 2 K 13:17 +; fs. פִּתְחִי Ct 5:2; mpl. פִּתְחוּ Jos 10:22 +; Inf. abs. פָּתֹחַ Dt 15:8 +; cstr. לִפְתֹּחַ Ez 21:27 +; Pt. act. פֹּתֵחַ Ju 3:25 +; pass. פָּתוּחַ Je 5:16 +, etc.;—open sack, שַׂק, Gn 42:27 (E), אַמְתַּחַת 43:21; 44:11 (J), skin-bottle (נאוד) Ju 4:19, hamper (תֵּבָה) Ex 2:6 (E), pit (בּוֹר) 21:33 (E; i.e. uncover it), mouth (פִּי) of cave Jos 10:22 (JE), grave Ez 37:12, 13 (to bring forth dead), cf. (in fig.) Je 5:16 ψ 5:10; כְּלִי פָתוּחַ Nu 19:15 (P) open vessel; door (דֶּלֶת; sometimes opp. סָגַר) Ju 3:25 + v 25 (obj. om.), 19:27; 1 S 3:15; 2 K 9:3; 10; 2 Ch 29:3; Jb 31:32; (c. ל pers.); fig. of Leb. Zc 11:1; דַּלְתֵי שָׁמָיִם ψ 78:33 (of י׳, sending rain); ד׳ = city-gates Ne 13:19; Is 45:1; (‖ שְׁעָרִים; י׳ subj., c. לִפְנֵי); ד׳ om. Ct 5:2, 5, 6; gate (שַׁעַר), of land Na 3:13; (Inf. abs. + Impf. Niph. q.v.), cf. Ez 25:9; שַׁעַר of temple (-court) Ez 46:12 (c. ל pers.), ψ 118:19 (id.), city Is 26:2; obj. om. Dt 20:11; 2 K 15:16; window, חַלּוֹן 2 K 13:17(×2); אֲרֻבּוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם (by י׳ sending rain) Gn 8:6 (J); Mal 3:10; city Je 13:19, עִיר פְּתוּחָה Jos 8:17 (JE); abs. פ׳ וְלֹא סגר Is 22:22(×2);—14:17 is dubious, Gr PerlesAnal. 28. 42 Kit (in Di) read לַאֲסִירָיו לֹא־פ׳ בֵּית־הַכֶּלֶא; > Bu Che Marti אֲסִירָיו לֹא פִּתַּח אִישׁ לִבֵיתוֹ; storehouse, armoury Gn 41:56; Je 50:25 (of י׳), Je 50:26 (for destruction), fig. of sky, for rain Dt 28:12; (c. ל pers.; of י׳), cf. open בָּ֑ר, expose for sale, Am 8:5; open womb, i.e. grant offspring Gn 29:31; 30:22 (J); open mouth (פֶּה) to cry, speak Ez 21:27; Jb 3:1; Dn 10:16, hence = speak Is 53:7(×2); Jb 33:2; ψ 39:10; 78:2 (בְּמָשָׁל), 109:2 (c. עַל pers.), Pr 24:7; 31:8 (c. ל pers.), v 9, 26 (בְּחָכְמָה); ψ 49:5 either utter, declare, propound riddle, or open up, expound; have power of speech ψ 38:14; of י׳ giving power of (prophetic) speech Ez 3:27; 33:22, giving speech to ass Nu 22:28 (J); open mouth, to eat Ez 3:2, of earth, to swallow up, Nu 16:32; 26:10, cf. (פֶּה om.) ψ 106:17; open lips, to speak Jb 11:5 (c. עִם pers.), 32:20 (Gi v 21); of י׳ opening man’s lips ψ 51:17, man’s ear Is 50:5 (Assyrian uznâ puttû); of eyes only pt. pass., c. אֶל 1 K 8:29 = 2 Ch 6:20; 1 K 8:52; Ne 1:6; c. לְ 2 Ch 6:40 (by zeugma), 7:15 (all of י׳’s favour); open hand, in giving Dt 15:8, 11 (c. ל pers., + inf. abs.), of י׳ ψ 104:28; 145:16; book Ne 8:5(×2), letter 6:5; open river (channel) Is 41:18 (of י׳), rock, letting out water, ψ 105:41 (id.); open sword, = draw it Ez 21:33 ψ 37:14; of root שָׁרְשִׁי פָתוּחַ אֱלֵי־מָ֑יִם Jb 29:19, i.e. with no obstacle intervening.—תִּפְתַּח אֶרֶץ Is 45:8 is dub.; verb not elsewhere intrans.; Du CheHpt Marti proposes רַחְמָהּ as obj.; Gr Kit (in Di) read תִּפָּתַח. e.g. 2 Kings 15:16
Niphal
- Pf. 3 ms. נִפְתַּח Is 5:27, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִפָּתָח Ez 24:27, יִפָּתֵ֑חַ 44:2 +, etc.; Inf. cstr. הִפָּתֵחַ Is 51:14; Pt. נִפְתָּח Zc 13:1;—be opened, of girdle Is 5:27 (i.e. loosened), cf. of captive 51:14, and, of calamity, Je 1:14 be let loose (c. עַל pers.); gates Na 2:7; 3:13 (of land, thrown open to (ל) enemy), Ez 44:2; 46:1(×2) Ne 7:3; impers. of man shut in by God Jb 12:14; of windows of heaven Gn 7:11 (P), cf. Is 24:13 (of future destruction); the heavens themselves Ez 1:1 (for visions); fountain Zc 13:1; wine(-skin, c. neg.) Jb 32:19; mouth, in speech Ez 24:27; 33:22; ears Is 35:5. e.g. Isaiah 5:27
Piel
- Pf. 3 ms. פִּתַּח Jb 30:11 +, פִּתֵּ֑חַ 12:18 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יְפַתַּח Is 28:24, 1 s. אֲפַתֵּחַ Is 45:1, etc.; Inf. abs. פַּתֵּחַ Is 58:6; cstr., id. ψ 102:21; Pt. מְפַתֵּ֑חַ 1 K 20:11;—loose: e.g. Job 30:11
- 1. free, i.e. ungird, camels Gn 24:32 (J): loins of kings Is 45:1 (i.e. disarm them); set free, c. sf. pers. ψ 105:20, Je 40:4 (c. מִן); c. acc. בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה ψ 102:21. e.g. Genesis 24:32
- 2. loosen (and remove) sack-cloth Is 20:2 (c. מֵעַל), ψ 30:12; armour 1 K 20:11 (obj. om.; opp. חָגַר); bonds Jb 12:18 ψ 116:16, cf. Is 58:6 Jb 39:5; cord 30:11; 38:31; loosen ground Is 28:24 (in tillage); cf. VogelstLandwirthschaft 33, Assyrian puttû). e.g. Isaiah 20:2
- 3. open gates Is 60:11; doors Jb 41:6 (fig. of crocodile’s jaws); ear Is 48:8 (read prob. either פִּתַּחְתִּי, פָּתַחְתִּי [𝔊 Du Marti], or נִפְתְּחָה [Gr Che Kit in Di]; buds Ct 7:13 (of blossom; obj. om.; or intrans., as sometimes Arabic فَتَّحَ, v. Dozy). e.g. Isaiah 60:11
Hithpael
- Imv. mpl. התפתחו Is 52:2 Kt הִתְפַּתְּחִי (so 𝔊; of personif. Jerus.) loosen thee (Ges§ 54 f) the fetters of thy neck. e.g. Isaiah 52:2
פתח II
Piel
- engrave (NH Pi. id., פִּתּוּחַ = BH, and so 𝔗; Assyrian patâḫu, bore, penetrate; cf. perhaps Arabic فَتَخَةٌ, فَتْخَةٌ ring (cf. Frä 252));—Pf. 3 ms. פִּתַּח 2 Ch 3:7, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיְפַתַּח 1 K 7:36; 2 ms. תְּפַתַּח Ex 28:11; Inf. cstr. לְפַתֵּחַ 2 Ch 2:6, 13; Pt. מְפַתֵּחַ Zc 3:9;—engrave, c. acc. + עַל, on metal 1 K 7:36 2 Ch 3:7; Ex 28:36 (acc. cogn. פִּתּוּחֵי חוֹתָם), on stone v 9; c. acc. אֶבֶן + acc. cogn. v 11 (all P); c. acc. cogn. only, Zc 3:9 (on stone), and, in gen., 2 Ch 2:6, 13. e.g. 2 Chronicles 3:7
Pual
- Pt. fpl. מְפֻתָּחֹת פִּתּוּחֵי חוֹתָם Ex 39:6 (P) stones engraved with the engravings of a signet. e.g. Exodus 39:6
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. open (NH id.; Ph. פתח; Assyrian pitû, patû; Sab. פתח OsZMG xix (1865), 197; Arabic فَتَحَ; Ethiopic ፈትሐ;; Aramaic פְּתַח, ܦܬܰܚ; Nab. Palm. פתח);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
פָּתַח
- (b. h.)
- 1. to open, begin. Y. Ber. VI, end, 10ᵈ על כל … שהיה פוֹתֵהַ וכ׳ over each cask as he opened it he said the benediction &c. Sabb. 104ᵃ, a. e. פּוֹתְחִין לו (Var. פְּתָחִין), v. טָמֵא I. Ib. 48ᵃ מתירין … אבל לא פותחין you may untie the neck-hole of a shirt, but not cut it open (on the Sabbath). Y. Taan. I, 64ᵇ top (ref. to Is. XLV, 8) כנקבה … פוֹתַחַת וכ׳ like the female that opens for the male. Ned. III, 4 לא יִפְתַּח לו בנדר he must not begin (offer his willingness) to make a vow (in order to escape robbery &c., v. נָדַר); a. v. fr.—Part. pass. פָּתוּחַ; פְּתוּחָה; pl. פְּתוּחִים, פְּתוּחִין; פְּתוּחוֹת. Yeb. 71ᵇ, a. e. נסתם הפ׳, v. סָתַם. Snh. 94ᵃ, v. סָתַם (v. מנצפ"ך). Meg. 3ᵃ, פ׳ באמצע, v. סָתַם. Erub. IV, 6 שלש חצירות הפ׳ זו לזו ופ׳ וכ׳ three courts opening into (communicating with) one another and into the publicroad; a. v. fr.—פתח פתוח, v. פֶּתַח.—Esp. (פרשה) פְּתוּחָה a paragraph in the Torah beginning with a new, indented line, opp. סתומה. Treat. Sof’rim I, 14 איזהו פ׳ כל שלא וכ׳ what is an open paragraph? Such as does not begin at the beginning of a line, וכמה … ותהא נקראת פ׳ and how much space must one leave … for a paragraph to be called open?; a. fr.—Trnsf. [to open the door to,] to introduce (into learning). Y. M. Kat. III, 83ᵇ top איזהו רבו כל שפ׳ לו תחלה who is called one’s (special) teacher? He who was the first to initiate him; a. e.—Esp. to open an opportunity for retracting a vow, to suggest reasons which, if known at the time, would have prevented the person from making the vow, v. חֲרָטָה. Ned. IX, 1 פותחין לאדם בכבוך וכ׳ the judges offer suggestions taken from the respect due to parents (saying, if you had known that this vow cast a reflection on your father &c.). Ib. רִפְתְּחוּ לו בכבוד המקום why not suggest to him the reverence due to the Lord (‘if you had known that he who makes a vow is considered an evil-doer &c.’)? Ib. 4 פותחין לו מן הכתוב וכ׳ we offer suggestions to him from what is written in the Law, saying to him, if you had known that (in fulfilling that vow) you would transgress the law forbidding revenge &c.; a. fr.—B. Kam. 27ᵃ פ׳ בכד וסיים בחבית the Mishnah begins with kad and closes with ḥabith! Ber. 10ᵃ פ׳ בה באשרי וכ׳, v. סוּם I h. Gen. R. s. 84 אתה פָתַחְתָּ תחלה בהצלת וכ׳ thou wast the first man to speak of saving life; אתה פתחת בתשובה וכ׳ thou wast the first to do repentance, … one of thy descendants shall rise and be the first (prophet) to call for repentance; a. fr.—Esp. to open a lecture with a (Biblical) text. Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 170ᵃ ר׳ לוי פ׳ וכ׳ R. Levi took up the text (Ps. LXXV, 5) &c. Gen. R. s. 1; a. v. fr.—Pesik. R. s. 33 [an editorial gloss] פ׳ בכל אלו הפרשיות the author takes his texts from all those (quoted) passages. e.g. Isaiah 45:8
- 2. to explain, speak plainly. Shek. V, 1; Men. 65ᵃ (ref. to פתחיה as identical with מרדכי) he was named Pethahia, שהיה פותח דברים ודורשן וכ׳ (not בדברים) because he explained words and interpreted them (etymologically) and knew seventy languages.—Part. pass. as ab. Sifré Aḥăré, beg., v. סָתַם.
- 1. to be opened. Yeb. 71ᵇ, a. e., v. סָתַם. R. Hash. 16ᵇ שלשה … נִפְתָּחִין בר"ה three books are opened (for recording) on the New Year’s Day. B. Bath. 125ᵇ, v. סוּם I, Nithpa. Pesik. R. l. c. להִיפָּתֵחַ to have one’s bowels opened, v. פְּסִיעָה; a. fr.—Ib. [editorial gloss] ונ׳ עוד שם בפרשת וכ׳ and furthermore this section (Is. LXI, 1) was used as the opening text; a. fr.—Esp. to have one’s eyes opened, to become seeing. Pesik. R. s. 42 כשילדה שדה כל סומא … נ׳ when Sarah gave birth, every blind person in the world was restored to sight; a. e. e.g. Isaiah 61:1
- 1. to open. Ib. פי׳ הפילקיות he opened the prisons. Par. III, 8 ועושין … ומְפַתְּחִין בה חלונות they piled wood in the shape of a tower and opened windows in it. Zeb. 88ᵇ רימונים שלא פִיתְּחוּ פיהן (Ms. K. a. R. 2 נִפְתְּחוּ; Ms. R. 1 נִתְפַּתְּחוּ, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5) pomegranates which have not yet burst open; a. e.
- 2. to engrave. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 43ᵇ bot פי׳ בה פיתוחים if he cut designs into it.
- 3. to dig, break ground. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXVIII; Gen. R. s. 76 כשיצמד … יְפַתְּחוּ וישדדו וכ׳ when an ox and a cow are harnessed together, they will break and harrow all valleys.
- 1. to be opened, v. supra. Pesik. R. s. 31 נִתְפַּתְּחוּ בדם they (their cavities) were opened with (discharged) blood; a. e.
- 2. to be cut into, graven. Tosef. Sot. XV, 1; Y. ib. IX, 24ᵇ וכיון … היו מִתְפַּתְּחוֹת לפניו וכ׳ and when they let it (the Shamir, v. שָׁמִיר) look at the stones, they were engraven before it like the (wax-covered) tablets &c.—[Y. Kil. VII, beg. 30ᵈ מתפתחת R. S. to Kil. VIII, 1, v. פִּתְפֵּת.]
פְּתַח
- Targ. Deut. XV, 11. Targ. Is. XIV, 17; a. fr.—Part. pass. פְּתִיחַ; f. פְּתִיחָא; pl. פְּתִיחִין, פְּתִיחַיָּא; פְּתִיחָן a) open. Targ. Num. XIX, 15. Targ. Josh. VIII, 17; a. fr.—b) seeing, v. פְּתִיהַ.—Taan. 24ᵃ אתיא למִיפְתַּח … ולא מִיפְּתַח וכ׳ she came to open the door …, but it could not be opened on account of the wheat pressing against it. Gitt. 69ᵇ לִיפְתַּה הביתא וכ׳ let him open a keg of wine &c. B. Kam. 112ᵇ כגון דפָתְחוּ ליה בדיניה וכ׳ when they (the court) have opened his case (written a warrant, v. פְּתִיחָא II) and sent for him. Ned. 28ᵃ מיפתח הוא דלא יפתח וכ׳ he dare not offer to make oath (in order to escape robbery &c.), but make a vow, he may. Num. R. s. 9 תרעא דלא פתיח וכ׳, v. אָסֵי; a. fr.—Ned. 22ᵃ אע"ג דפ׳ … אנן לא פַתְחִינָן וכ׳ although R. Y. offered such a suggestion for retracting a vow, we must not do so; ולא פתחינן בהדא וכ׳ nor do we offer that other suggestion &c.; a. e.
- same. Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי, beg. א׳ ליה ביתיה וכ׳ he opened his house to him, and he entered.
- same. Targ. Is. XLV, 1. Ib. XLII, 7.—Part. pass. מְפַתַּח open-eyed, able to see. Lev. R. s. 22 חד סמי וחד מפ׳ (Koh. R. to V, 8 פתיח) one was blind, and the other could see.
- 1. to be opened; to be released. Targ. O. Gen. III, 5; 7. Targ. Job XII, 14; a. fr.—Gitt. 69ᵃ bot. לאִיפַּתּוּחֵי וכ׳ (Rashi לפתיחי, read: לפַתּוּחֵי Pa.) that the boil may open, let somebody blow &c. Ib.ᵇ, v. צְפִירְתָּא; Pes. 42ᵇ; a. e.—Esp. to be restored to sight. Lev. R. l. c. דין דהוה סמי א׳ וכ׳ he who was blind recovered sight &c., v. סְמֵי; Koh. R. l. c. Ib. אִיתְפַּתְּחַת the she-ass recovered &c.; a. e.
פַּתָּח
- (פָּתַח Pi.
- 2. engraver. Pl. פַּתָּחִים. Y. Shek. IV, 48ᵃ top פַּתָּחֵי אבנים (Ms. M. מְפַתְּחֵי) stone engravers.
פִּתֵּחַ
- , v. פִּיתֵּחַ
פֶּתַח
- opening, door, gate. Keth. IV, 3 (ref. to Deut. XXII, 21) אין לה לא פ׳ בית האב וכ׳ if she (the faithless betrothed) has no paternal house door. Y. Sabb. VII, 9ᶜ top ניכר הוא … על פִּיתְחָהּ של תירה it can be seen that this man has never passed the gate of the Law (never studied). Koh. R. to III, 11 זה הפ׳ פתוח עד התהום this gate (verse used as introductory text, v. פָּתַח) opens to the deep, i.e. leads to deep reflection. Gen. R. s. 85 (ref. to פתח עינים, Gen. XXXVIII, 14) תלה עיניה בפ׳ שכל העינים וכ׳ she lifted up her eyes to the gate to which all eyes are directed (she prayed to the Lord). Gen. R. s. 38 פתח … פ׳ של תשובה the Lord opened to them the gate of repentance; a. fr.—Euphem. פ׳ פָּתוּחַ absence of virginity Keth. 9ᵇ טענת פ׳ פ׳, contrad. to טענת דמים, v. דָּם. Ib. 9ᵃ ופ׳ פ׳ כשני עדים דמי and the husband’s statement that lie found ‘the gate open’ is like a statement of two witnesses (to make her forbidden to him as a faithless betrothed); a. fr.—Trnsf. a) an opening for retracting a vow, a suggestion, v. פָּתַח. Gen. R. s. 91 למאה … מצא להם פ׳ for one hundred and fifty Nazarites he found causes for absolution; a. fr.—b) the starting time of menstruation. Arakh. II, 1 אין פ׳ בטועה וכ׳ for a woman that has lost the account of a prolonged flux, there is no new starting point within either less than seven or more than seventeen days. Ib. 8ᵃ פִּתְחָהּ שבעה עשר her sure starting point is after seventeen days; a. fr.—Pl. פְּתָחִים, פְּתָחִין. B. Bath. IX, 1 ישאלו על הפ׳ let them go begging at the doors; Keth. XIII, 3 יחזרו על הפ׳. Cant. R. to V, 2 פתחו לי פתח … ואני פותח לכם פ׳ וכ׳ make for me one opening for return as wide as the point of a needle, and I shall open for you gates through which wagons and coaches can pass; a. fr.—Ab. III, 18 פִּתְחֵי נדה the calculations concerning starting points of menstruants (v. supra). e.g. Deuteronomy 22:21
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Forms in the corpus
The 127 distinct written forms H6605 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 67 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H6605, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- מפתח maphtêach H4668 key
- מפתח miphtâch H4669 opening
- פתוח pittûwach H6603 engraving
- פתח pᵉthach H6606 to open
- פתח pethach H6607 doorway
- פתח pêthach H6608 opening
- פתחה pᵉthichâh H6609 sword
- פתחון pithchôwn H6610 opening
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- יפתח Yiphtâch H3316 Jephthah
- יפתחאל Yiphtach-ʼêl H3317 Jiphthah-el
- נפתוח Nephtôwach H5318 Nephtoah
- פתחיה Pᵉthachyâh H6611 Pethahiah
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 13 — not the complete family. 4 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 122 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 133 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 7:11
- Exodus 2:6
- Numbers 16:32
- Deuteronomy 15:8
- Joshua 8:17
- Judges 3:25
- 1 Samuel 3:15
- 1 Kings 7:36
- 2 Kings 9:3
- 2 Chronicles 2:7
- Job 3:1
- Psalms 5:9
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
