# H6601 פָּתָה

פָּתָה (pâthâh), Strong’s H6601: to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude KJV…

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*pâthâh* — to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude

KJV: allure, deceive, enlarge, entice, flatter, persuade, silly (one).

Occurs 28 times.

## 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)
- פָּתָה vb. denom
- [פָּתָה] vb. denom. be simple
- Qal
- 1 be open-minded (?), simple
- 2 be enticed, deceived
- Niph. be deceived
- Piel
- 1 persuade, woman, seduce, virgin; entice, husband; a man to sin
- 2 deceive
- Pual
- 1 be persuaded
- 2 be deceived

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 9:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=27) — May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
- [Exodus 22:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=15) — “If a man entices a virgin who isn’t pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to…
- [Deuteronomy 11:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/11?v=16) — Be careful, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn away to serve other gods and worship them;
- [Judges 14:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=15) — On the seventh day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we…
- [Judges 16:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=5) — The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and…
- [2 Samuel 3:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=25) — You know Abner the son of Ner. He came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all…
- [1 Kings 22:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=20) — The LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One said one thing, and another…
- [1 Kings 22:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=21) — A spirit came out and stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’
- [1 Kings 22:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=22) — The LORD said to him, ‘How?’ He said, ‘I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ He…
- [Jeremiah 20:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/20?v=7) — LORD, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a…