Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to open
Usage: 1) to part, open, separate, set free 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to open (mouth), utter 1a2) to snatch away, set free
Patsah means “open” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6475 פָּצָה (patsah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. patsah (paw-tsaw') v. 1. to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth) [a primitive root] It has 15 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include opened, open, mouth, mouths, and deliver. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
patsah (paw-tsaw') v. 1. to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth) [a primitive root] KJV: deliver, gape, open, rid, utter.
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to open
Usage: 1) to part, open, separate, set free 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to open (mouth), utter 1a2) to snatch away, set free
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render patsah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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15 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6475.
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6475, grouped by book.
Patsah (Strong's H6475) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "open". patsah (paw-tsaw') v. 1. to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth) [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H6475 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6475 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as opened, open, mouth, mouths, deliver, and delivereth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.