Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to open
Usage: 1) to open (the eyes) 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to open (the eyes) 1a2) to open (the ears) 1b) (Niphal) to be opened
Paqach means “open” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6491 פָּקַח (paqach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. paqach (paw-kakh') v. 1. to open (the senses, especially the eyes) 2. (figuratively) to be observant It has 18 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include open, opened, openeth, they, and opening. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
paqach (paw-kakh') v. 1. to open (the senses, especially the eyes) 2. (figuratively) to be observant [a primitive root] KJV: open.
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to open
Usage: 1) to open (the eyes) 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to open (the eyes) 1a2) to open (the ears) 1b) (Niphal) to be opened
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render paqach, 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.
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18 indexed usages in Old Testament.
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
First 18 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6491.
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
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Paqach (Strong's H6491) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "open". paqach (paw-kakh') v. 1. to open (the senses, especially the eyes) 2. (figuratively) to be observant
This page currently indexes 18 linked usages for Strong's H6491 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6491 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as open, opened, openeth, they, and opening. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.