פָּעַר
pāʿar
open wide
Strong's H6473VerbHebrewTWOT 1794

פָּעַר (pāʿar) is a Hebrew verb meaning open wide. It appears 4 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6473).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1794)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1794)open wide; yawn, open; gape
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

פָּעַר verb: open wide

open wide (the mouth)

Strong's H6473 פָּעַר: to yawn, i.e. open wide (literally or figuratively)
KJV:gape, open (wide).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Job 16:10Psalms 119:131

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