Usually translated as
open, loose, grave, engrave, let go free, graven, opening, have vent, appear, break forth, draw, put off, ungird, unstop
Occurrences
Pâthach occurs 143 times in 132 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (9), Exodus (6), Numbers (4), Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (2), Judges (3), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (7), Nehemiah (5), Job (13), Psalms (18), Proverbs (4), Song of Songs (3), Isaiah (18), Jeremiah (6), Ezekiel (13), Daniel (1), Amos (1), Nahum (2), Zechariah (3), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 7:11 — In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened (נִפְתָּֽחוּ).
- Genesis 8:6 — And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened (וַיִּפְתַּ֣ח) the window of the ark which he had made:
- Genesis 24:32 — And the man came into the house: and he ungirded (וַיְפַתַּ֖ח) his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.
- Genesis 29:31 — And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened (וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח) her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 30:22 — And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened (וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח) her womb.
- Genesis 41:56 — And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened (וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח) all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 42:27 — And as one of them opened (וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח) his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.
- Genesis 43:21 — And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened (וַֽנִּפְתְּחָה֙) our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
- Genesis 44:11 — Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened (וַֽיִּפְתְּח֖וּ) every man his sack.
- Exodus 2:6 — And when she had opened (וַתִּפְתַּח֙) it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
- Exodus 21:33 — And if a man shall open (יִפְתַּ֨ח) a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
- Exodus 28:9 — And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave (וּפִתַּחְתָּ֣) on them the names of the children of Israel:
- Exodus 28:11 — With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave (תְּפַתַּח֙) the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
- Exodus 28:36 — And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave (וּפִתַּחְתָּ֤) upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
- Exodus 39:6 — And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven (מְפֻתָּחֹת֙), as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 16:32 — And the earth opened (וַתִּפְתַּ֤ח) her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
- Numbers 19:15 — And every open (פָת֔וּחַ) vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
- Numbers 22:28 — And the LORD opened (וַיִּפְתַּ֥ח) the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
- Numbers 26:10 — And the earth opened (וַתִּפְתַּ֨ח) her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
- Deuteronomy 15:8 — But thou shalt open (פָתֹ֧חַ) thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
- Deuteronomy 15:8 — But thou shalt open thine hand wide (תִּפְתַּ֛ח) unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
- Deuteronomy 15:11 — For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open (פָּ֠תֹחַ) thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
- Deuteronomy 15:11 — For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide (תִּפְתַּ֨ח) unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
- Deuteronomy 20:11 — And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open (וּפָתְחָ֖ה) unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
- Deuteronomy 28:12 — The LORD shall open (יִפְתַּ֣ח) unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
- Joshua 8:17 — And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open (פְּתוּחָ֔ה), and pursued after Israel.
- Joshua 10:22 — Then said Joshua, Open (פִּתְח֖וּ) the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.
- Judges 3:25 — And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened (פֹתֵ֖חַ) not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
- Judges 3:25 — And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened (וַיִּפְתָּ֔חוּ) them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
- Judges 4:19 — And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened (וַתִּפְתַּ֞ח) a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
- Judges 19:27 — And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened (וַיִּפְתַּח֙) 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, and her hands were upon the threshold.
- 1 Samuel 3:15 — And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened (וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח) the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
- 1 Kings 7:36 — For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved (וַיְפַתַּ֤ח) cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
- 1 Kings 8:29 — That thine eyes may be open (פְתֻח֜וֹת) toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
- 1 Kings 8:52 — That thine eyes may be open (פְתֻחוֹת֙) unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
- 1 Kings 20:11 — And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off (כִּמְפַתֵּֽחַ).
- 2 Kings 9:3 — Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open (וּפָתַחְתָּ֥) the door, and flee, and tarry not.
- 2 Kings 9:10 — And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened (וַיִּפְתַּ֥ח) the door, and fled.
- 2 Kings 13:17 — And he said, Open (פְּתַ֧ח) the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
- 2 Kings 13:17 — And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened (וַיִּפְתָּ֑ח) it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
- 2 Kings 15:16 — Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened (פָתַ֖ח) not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
- 2 Chronicles 2:7 — Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave (לְפַתֵּ֣חַ) with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 — The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful 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 grave (וּלְפַתֵּ֙חַ֙) any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
- 2 Chronicles 3:7 — He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved (וּפִתַּ֥ח) cherubims on the walls.
- 2 Chronicles 6:20 — That thine eyes may be open (פְתֻח֜וֹת) upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
- 2 Chronicles 6:40 — Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open (פְּתֻח֔וֹת), and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
- 2 Chronicles 7:15 — Now mine eyes shall be open (פְתֻח֔וֹת), and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
- 2 Chronicles 29:3 — He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened (פָּתַ֛ח) the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
- Nehemiah 1:6 — Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open (פְתֻוּח֟וֹת), that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
- Nehemiah 6:5 — Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open (פְּתוּחָ֖ה) letter in his hand;