פָּתַח (pa.tach) means “to open” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: paw-thakh' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
פָּתַח · pa.tach · 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)
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פָּתַח · pa.tach · to engrave
1) to carve, engrave 1a) (Piel) to engrave 1b) (Pual) to be engraved
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a primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV glosses: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| open | 25 |
| opened | 11 |
| and opened | 4 |
| i will open | 4 |
| has opened | 3 |
| and engrave | 2 |
| are open | 2 |
| he opened | 2 |
| opened up | 2 |
| remove | 2 |
| to open | 2 |
| will open | 2 |
| an unsealed | 1 |
| and | 1 |
| and as he opened it | 1 |
| and he carved | 1 |
| and he opened | 1 |
| and i opened | 1 |
| and open | 1 |
| and open their gates | 1 |
| and opened the doors | 1 |
| are like open | 1 |
| are thrown open | 1 |
| are wide open | 1 |
| be freed | 1 |
| be opened | 1 |
| be released | 1 |
| been open | 1 |
| break open | 1 |
| can open | 1 |
| can open them | 1 |
| does he continuously loosen | 1 |
| engrave | 1 |
| engraved | 1 |
| expose | 1 |
| god has unstrung | 1 |
| has been open | 1 |
| have drawn | 1 |
| he engraved | 1 |
| he loosens | 1 |
| hezekiah opened | 1 |
| i am freeing | 1 |
| i must open | 1 |
| i will engrave on it | 1 |
| i will express | 1 |
| in engraving | 1 |
| is drawn | 1 |
| is like unvented | 1 |
| is loose | 1 |
| it shall be opened | 1 |
| like one taking it off | 1 |
| loosen | 1 |
| must be opened | 1 |
| of engraving | 1 |
| of them opened | 1 |
| one can open | 1 |
| open their gates | 1 |
| open up | 1 |
| opens | 1 |
| released | 1 |
| set him free | 1 |
| she opens | 1 |
| so he opened it | 1 |
| so i opened | 1 |
| so she opened | 1 |
| stand open | 1 |
| that we may market | 1 |
| then he opened | 1 |
| then open | 1 |
| then the young prophet opened | 1 |
| to break | 1 |
| to call for | 1 |
| to disarm | 1 |
| to let | 1 |
| to release | 1 |
| unstopped | 1 |
| was opened | 1 |
| we opened | 1 |
| were opened | 1 |
| were unloaded | 1 |
| what he opens | 1 |
| when i open | 1 |
| when she opened it | 1 |
| when you open | 1 |
| wide | 1 |
| wide open | 1 |
| will be opened | 1 |
| will be poured out | 1 |
| will spread out | 1 |
| you are to open | 1 |
| you have broken | 1 |
| you open | 1 |
| you peeled off | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| open | 14 |
| opened | 10 |
| and opened | 5 |
| i will open | 5 |
| i opened | 3 |
| may be open | 3 |
| to open | 3 |
| and grave | 2 |
| and he opened | 2 |
| and none shall open | 2 |
| and open | 2 |
| be opened | 2 |
| hath opened | 2 |
| he opened | 2 |
| it shall be opened | 2 |
| shall be open | 2 |
| shall open | 2 |
| thou openest | 2 |
| to loose | 2 |
| were opened | 2 |
| wide | 2 |
| also to grave | 1 |
| an open | 1 |
| and behold he opened | 1 |
| and every open | 1 |
| and graved | 1 |
| and had opened | 1 |
| and he ungirded | 1 |
| and let him go free | 1 |
| and loose | 1 |
| and now behold i loose | 1 |
| and she opened | 1 |
| and there can be no opening | 1 |
| and when he opened | 1 |
| and when she had opened | 1 |
| appear | 1 |
| are open | 1 |
| are opened | 1 |
| as an open | 1 |
| be loosed | 1 |
| be open | 1 |
| because he hath loosed | 1 |
| because they opened | 1 |
| behold i will engrave | 1 |
| behold now i have opened | 1 |
| but thou shalt open | 1 |
| doth he open | 1 |
| drawn | 1 |
| graven | 1 |
| hath no vent | 1 |
| have drawn out | 1 |
| he looseth | 1 |
| he openeth | 1 |
| him and i will loose | 1 |
| himself as he that putteth it off | 1 |
| if i will not open | 1 |
| it shall not be opened | 1 |
| loose | 1 |
| of them opened | 1 |
| openeth | 1 |
| or loose | 1 |
| or who hath loosed | 1 |
| shall be opened | 1 |
| shall be set wide | 1 |
| shall be unstopped | 1 |
| shall break forth | 1 |
| shall then open | 1 |
| shalt thou engrave | 1 |
| she openeth | 1 |
| so he openeth | 1 |
| so he shall open | 1 |
| so i opened | 1 |
| spread out | 1 |
| that he may be loosed | 1 |
| that they should not be opened | 1 |
| that we may set forth | 1 |
| that we opened | 1 |
| thee i will open | 1 |
| then i opened | 1 |
| then open | 1 |
| therefore behold i will open | 1 |
| thereof he graved | 1 |
| this opened | 1 |
| thou hast loosed | 1 |
| thou hast put off | 1 |
| thou shalt open | 1 |
| to grave | 1 |
| to her and opened | 1 |
| was not opened | 1 |
| was opened | 1 |
| when i have opened | 1 |
| who can open | 1 |
| with an open | 1 |
| yet he opened | 1 |
Page 2 of 3. 133 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
Read word by wordWhat He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
Read word by wordHe loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
Read word by wordMy roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
Read word by wordBecause God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
Read word by wordbut no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—
Read word by wordBehold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
Read word by wordI must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.
Read word by wordBehold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
Read word by wordCan you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
Read word by wordWho set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
Read word by wordWho can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 41.6
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.10
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 30.12
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
Read word by wordBut like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 38.14
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 39.10
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.5
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 51.17
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
Read word by wordYet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.
Read word by wordto hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 102.21
When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
Read word by wordThe king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.
Read word by wordHe opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
Read word by wordThe earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
Read word by wordFor wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
Read word by wordTruly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
Read word by wordOpen to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
Read word by wordYou open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Read word by wordWisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
Read word by wordOpen your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Read word by wordOpen your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Read word by wordShe opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
Read word by wordI sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
Read word by wordI rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
Read word by wordI opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.
Read word by wordLet us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.13
None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
Read word by wordwho turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
Read word by wordthe LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
Read word by wordI will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
Read word by wordWhoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Read word by wordOpen the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.
Read word by wordDoes the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
Read word by wordThen the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Read word by wordI will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
Read word by wordDrip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.
Read word by wordYou have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
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