פָּתַח

Strong’s Definition

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to open
• 2.(qal) to open
• 3.(piel) to engrave
• 4.(pual) to be engraved
• 5.(niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open
• 6.(piel)
• 7.to carve, engrave
• 8.(hithpael) to loose oneself

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: pâthach; Pronunciation: paw-thakh'