פָּתָה
pâthâh · H6601 · Hebrew · 28 occurrences
Meanings
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to be simple, to be naive, to be gullible, to be silly
State in which humans are easily influenced by other people, ideas or their own passions because of their lack of wisdom and experience
ExamplesJob 5:2 “For irritation kills the fool, And jealousy brings death to the simple.
Hosea 7:11 So Ephraim has become like a gullible dove, without sense; They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
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to lure, to allure, to entice, to coax, to persuade, to seduce, to flatter, to trick, to deceive
Causative action by which humans or deities provoke in (other) humans the will or desire to do something
ExamplesDeuteronomy 11:16 “Beware that your hearts are not easily deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve other gods, and worship them.
Judges 14:15 Then it came about on the fourth day that they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, so that he will tell us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to impoverish us? Is this not so?”
Judges 16:5 So the governors of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and how we can overpower him so that we may bind him to humble him. Then we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
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Causative action by which deities enlarge the space or territory allotted to humans (to enlarge (someone's) territory)
ExamplesGenesis 9:27 “May God enlarge Japheth, And may he live in the tents of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant.”
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to chatter, to talk too much
Literally: to enlarge one's lips; hence: to open one's mouth wide; hence: action by which humans speak much which is invariably associated with a lack of wisdom
ExamplesProverbs 20:19 One who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with a gossip.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
26 occurrences in 15 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 6
- אֲנִיI 3
- Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
15 occurrences in 10 groups
- וֹhim 4
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ אִשָּׁהwoman, wife 1
- בin/on/with+ סֵתֶרsecret, hiding place 1
- בin/on/with+ פֶּהmouth 1
- בin/on/with+ אֹרֶךְlength 1
- בin/on/with+ שָׂפָהlip 1
- לto/for+ יֶפֶתJapheth 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מוּתto die 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- נָשָׁא nâshâʼ · H5377 · to lend, to oblige, to require
- נָשָׁא (nâshâʼ, H5377) emphasizes deceptive beguiling, while פָּתָה (pâthâh, H6601) emphasizes enticement or seduction leading to deception; both belong to the field of deception.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀπατάω apatáō · G538 · to mislead, to deceive, deception
- Greek ἀπατάω emphasizes the deceptive outcome (to cheat, delude), while Hebrew פָּתָה covers a broader semantic range including non-malicious persuasion and enticement alongside deception; ἀπατάω consistently renders the deceptive senses of פָּתָה in LXX usage.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Foolish002001002010
- This domain's connection to פָּתָה is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of enlarging, enticing, or deceiving rather than foolishness itself.
- Wish002004002001001
- The word describes enticing or persuading another toward a desired end, as when Samson's wife is pressed to entice her husband to reveal the riddle in Judges 14:15.
- Large002001001037
- The word means to enlarge or make spacious, as of Noah's blessing that God will enlarge Japheth's territory in Genesis 9:27.
- Open002001001042
- This domain's connection to פָּתָה is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of enlarging or enticing rather than physical opening.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6601. pathah [מָּתָה] verb be spacious, wide, open (Aramaic מְּתָא be spacious, be…
[מָּתָה] verb be spacious, wide, open (Aramaic מְּתָא be spacious, be spacious, abundant; compare Arabic , be youthful, in prime of life, young man, one in prime of life (development of various meanings from v not wholly clear, compare NöZMG xi (1886), 735)); —
Qal Participle מֹּתֶה Pro 20:19 possibly one open as to lips, but see מָּתָה denominative below
Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular jussive לְיֶפֶת א ׳יַפְתְּ Gen 9:27 may God make wide for Japhet (give him an extensive inheritance). — Perfect possibly Pro 24:28 (reading בִּשְׂפָתֶ֑יךָ וְהִפְתִּיתָ, make wide with (open wide) thy lips, for בִּשׂ ׳יַהֲפִתִּיתָ ᵑ0, so SS; but compare מָּתָה denominative Pi`el).
[מָּתָה] verb denominative be simple (Late Hebrew Pi`el entice); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יִפְתֶּה Deu 11:16; וַיִּפְתְּ Job 31:27; Participleמֹּתֶה Job 5:2; Pro 20:19; feminine מּוֺתָה Hos 7:11; —
1 be open-minded (?),simple Job 5:2; פוֺתָה יוֺנָה Hos 7:11 silly dove; שְׂפָתָיו מֹּתֶה Pro 20:19 one foolish as to his lips (most, openeth wide his lips).
2 be enticed, deceived Deu 11:16; Job 31:27.
Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נַפְתָּה Job 31:9; Imperfect1singular וָאֶמָּת Jer 20:7; — be deceived Jer 20:7 rather be persuaded, persuade; with עַל enticed unto Job 31:9.
Piel Perfect2masculine singular מִּתִּיתָ Pro 24:28; suffixמִּתִּיתַנִי Jer 20:7; Jer 20:1singular מִּתֵּיתִי Eze 14:9; Imperfect3masculine singular יְפַתֶּה Exo 22:15 +, etc.; Imperative מַּתִּי Jdg 14:15; Jdg 16:5; Infinitive construct suffix מַּתֹתְךָ 2Sa 3:25; Participle suffix מְפַתֶּיהָ (Ges§ 93 88) Hos 2:15; —
1 persuade, woman Hos 2:16 (figurative,׳י subject), seduce, virgin Exo 22:16; entice, husband Jdg 14:15; Jdg 16:5; a man to sin Pro 1:10; Pro 16:29.
2 deceive, 2Sa 3:25; Pro 24:28 (yet compare√
Hiph`il above); subject׳י, object prophet, Jer 20:7; Eze 14:9, compare 1Ki 22:20-21, 1Ki 22:22 2Ch 18:19; 2Ch 18:20; 2Ch 18:21; object׳י, Psa 78:36.
Paul Imperfect3masculine singular יְפֻתֶּה:
1 be persuaded, Pro 25:15.
2 be deceived, Jer 20:10 be beguiled; by ׳י, Eze 14:9.
פתא (√ of following; ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew פתה (rara)).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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