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Strong's #6607 - פֶּתַח
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- opening, doorway, entrance
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2649) htp (פתהה PTHh) AC: Open CO: Door AB: ?: [from: tp- a hole for entering]
V) htp (פתהה PTHh) - Open: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (146): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) open, loose, grave, engrave, put off, out, appear, drawn, break - Strongs: H6605 (פָּתַח), H6606 (פְּתַח)
Nm) htp (פתהה PTHh) - Door: As an entrance or opening. KJV (164): door, entering, entry, gate, in, entrance, opening, place - Strongs: H6607 (פֶּתַח), H6608 (פֵּתַח)
am) htpm (מפתהה MPTHh) - Key: KJV (3): key - Strongs: H4668 (מַפְתֵּחַ)
bf) hitp (פתיהה PTYHh) - Drawn sword: In the sense of being opened from the sheath. KJV (1): sword - Strongs: H6609 (פְּתִיחָה)
hm) htpm (מפתהה MPTHh) - Opening: KJV (1): opening - Strongs: H4669 (מִפְתָּח)
edm) hftip (פיתוהה PYTWHh) - Carving: In the sense of opening with a knife or chisel. KJV (11): engraving, graving, carved, graven - Strongs: H6603 (פִּתֻּחַ)
ejm) nfhtip (פיתההונ PYTHhWN) - Opening: KJV (2): open, opening - Strongs: H6610 (פִּתָּחוֹן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
פֶּתַח with suff. פִּתְחִי, plur. פְּתָחִים, const. פִּתְחֵי, m. an opening, entrance; hence פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הָעִיר at the entrance of the gate of the city, Joshua 20:4; Judges 9:35 compare Proverbs 1:21. בְּפֶתַח עֵינַיִם in the gate of (the town or village of) Enaim, Genesis 38:14. Hence
(1) a door, of a tent, Genesis 18:1 of a house, Genesis 19:11, 19 Genesis 19:19 of the temple, 1 Kings 6:8. Acc. פֶּתַת at the door, Gen. locc. citt.; and after verbs of motion, Job 31:34 where also there is פֶּתְחָה Genesis 19:6.
(2) the gate of a city, Isaiah 3:26. Metaph. the gates of the mouth, Proverbs 8:34 a gate of hope (used of the valley of Achor), Hosea 2:17.