Strong’s
H6601aVerb3 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Genesis 9:27יַפְתְּ
May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
- Proverbs 20:19וּלְפֹתֶה
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[פָּתָה] vb. be spacious, wide, open
Qal poss. one open as to lips
Hiph. may God make wide for Japhet (give him an extensive inheritance)
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.