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פָּשַׂק

pasak · open wide

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6589 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

pasak (פָּשַׂק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “open wide”.

To open wide (the lips or the legs); to speak without restraint.

How to say it

pa·sak

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To part widely, without restraint or shame: lips or legs.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • spread ×1
  • whoever opens wide ×1

Where it appears

  • Proverbs 13:3

    Whoever watches his mouth guards his soul; whoever opens wide his lips, ruin is his.

  • Ezekiel 16:25

    At the head of every road you built your lofty place, and made your beauty abominable, and spread your legs to everyone passing by, and multiplied your prostitutions.