Strong's #6601: pathah (pronounced paw-thaw')

a primitive root; 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:--allure, deceive, enlarge, entice, flatter, persuade, silly (one).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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pâthâh

1) to be spacious, be open, be wide

1a) (Qal) to be spacious or open or wide

1b) (Hiphil) to make spacious, make open

2) to be simple, entice, deceive, persuade

2a) (Qal)

2a1) to be open-minded, be simple, be naive

2a2) to be enticed, be deceived

2b) (Niphal) to be deceived, be gullible

2c) (Piel)

2c1) to persuade, seduce

2c2) to deceive

2d) (Pual)

2d1) to be persuaded

2d2) to be deceived

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root

Usage:

This word is used 28 times:

 

Genesis 9:27: "God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be"
Exodus 22:16: "And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie"
Deuteronomy 11:16: "Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods,"
Judges 14:15: "that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us"
Judges 16:5: "came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength"
2 Samuel 3:25: "of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in,"
1 Kings 22:20: "And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall"
1 Kings 22:21: "the LORD, and said, I will persuade"
1 Kings 22:22: "of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do"
2 Chronicles 18:19: "And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel,"
2 Chronicles 18:20: "the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?"
2 Chronicles 18:21: "of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do"
Job 5:2: "the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly"
Job 31:9: "If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's"
Job 31:27: "And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:"
Psalms 78:36: " Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues."
Proverbs 1:10: "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."
Proverbs 16:29: "A violent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way that is not good."
Proverbs 20:19: "secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips."
Proverbs 24:28: "a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips."
Proverbs 25:15: "By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone."
Jeremiah 20:7: "O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily,"
Jeremiah 20:7: "O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily,"
Jeremiah 20:10: "my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take"
Ezekiel 14:9: "And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived"
Ezekiel 14:9: "a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out"
Hosea 2:14: "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably"
Hosea 7:11: "Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt,"