Limitless Word
פָּתָהpâthâh/paw-thaw'/
HebrewH660128 occurrences (KJV)

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

Where it appears(showing the first 26 of 28)

  • Gen 9:27May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
  • Exod 22:16“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 be his wife.
  • Deut 11:16Be careful, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
  • Judg 14:15On the seventh day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you called us to impoverish us? Isn’t that so?”
  • Judg 16:5The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, “Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
  • 2 Sam 3:25You 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 that you do.”
  • 1 Kgs 22:20Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One said one thing; and another said another.
  • 1 Kgs 22:21A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’
  • 1 Kgs 22:22Yahweh said to him, ‘How?’ He said, ‘I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ He said, ‘You will entice him, and will also prevail. Go out and do so.’
  • 2 Chr 18:19Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.
  • 2 Chr 18:20A spirit came out, stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ “Yahweh said to him, ‘How?’
  • 2 Chr 18:21“He said, ‘I will go, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ “He said, ‘You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go and do so.’
  • Job 5:2For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
  • Job 31:9“If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,
  • Job 31:27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
  • Ps 78:36But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
  • Prov 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
  • Prov 16:29A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
  • Prov 20:19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
  • Prov 24:28Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
  • Prov 25:15By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.
  • Jer 20:7Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded; you are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a laughing-stock all day. Every one mocks me.
  • Jer 20:10For I have heard the defaming of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce, and we will denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. “Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.”
  • Ezek 14:9“‘“If the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, Yahweh, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from among my people Israel.
  • Hos 2:14“Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
  • Hos 7:11“Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.