פֶּתַח
petaḥ
opening
Strong's H6607NounHebrewTWOT 1854a

פֶּתַח (petaḥ) is a Hebrew noun meaning opening. It appears 164 times in 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6607).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1854a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1854a)opening, doorway, entrance; door, entrance way; entering, gate, place
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

פֶּ֫תַח noun, masculine: opening, doorway, entrance

Strong's H6607 פֶּתַח: an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
KJV:door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.

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.

Root family 1854: פָּתַח pātaḥ — open; free, loosen; open wide, begin, plough, carve; appear, break forth, draw, let go free, grave, graven, loose, opening, put off, ungird, unstop, have vent

See it in Scripture

Genesis 4:7Exodus 12:22Leviticus 1:3

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