pata · enlarge; be simple, entice

What it means

pata (פָּתָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “enlarge; be simple, entice”.

Make room, enlarge. Elsewhere, be naive, be deceived; persuade or entice.

How to say it

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 be naive, easy to fool.
2. To win someone over by trickery.
3. To leave wide open; to open the mouth without restraint.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• will entice ×6
• be seduced ×3
• Seduce ×2
• simple ×2
• You seduced me ×1
• am going to entice her ×1
• deceive you ×1
• entice you ×1
• entices ×1
• has been enticed ×1
• others ×9

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• Judges×2
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×3
• 2 Chronicles×3
• Job×3
• Psalms×1
• Proverbs×5
• Jeremiah×3
• Ezekiel×2
• Hosea×2

• Genesis 9:27

  May Elohim make room for Japheth, and let him live in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be their slave.”

• Exodus 22:16

  When a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her to make her his wife.

• Deuteronomy 11:16

  Guard yourselves, lest your heart be seduced and you turn aside and serve other gods and bow down to them,

• Judges 14:15

  And it happened on the seventh day that they said to the wife of Samson, “Seduce your husband so that he explains to us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to dispossess us? Is it not so?”

• Judges 16:5

  And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Seduce him, and see in what his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, so that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give you, each one, eleven hundred pieces of silver.”

• 2 Samuel 3:25

  You know Abner son of Ner, that he came to deceive you and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.”

• 1 Kings 22:20

  And YHWH said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, so that he goes up and falls at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this way, and another was saying that way.

• 1 Kings 22:21

  Then the spirit came forward and stood before YHWH and said, ‘I will entice him.’ YHWH said to him, ‘With what?’

• 1 Kings 22:22

  He said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You will entice him, and you will also succeed; go out and do so.’

• 2 Chronicles 18:19

  And YHWH said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel, so that he goes up and falls at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one was saying this way, and another was saying that way.

• 2 Chronicles 18:20

  Then the spirit came forward and stood before YHWH and said, ‘I will entice him.’ YHWH said to him, ‘With what?’

• 2 Chronicles 18:21

  He said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You will entice him, and you will also succeed; go out and do so.’

• Job 5:2

  For vexation kills the fool, and jealousy puts to death the simple.

• Job 31:9

  If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and at the door of my neighbor I have lain in wait,

• Job 31:27

  and my heart was enticed in secret, and my hand has kissed at my mouth,

• Psalms 78:36

  But they enticed him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied to him;

• Proverbs 1:10

  My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

• Proverbs 16:29

  A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

• Proverbs 20:19

  One who reveals a secret goes about as a gossip, so with one who opens his lips do not mix.

• Proverbs 24:28

  Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause; and would you deceive with your lips?

• Proverbs 25:15

  By patience a ruler is persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks bone.

• Jeremiah 20:7

  You seduced me, YHWH, and I let myself be seduced; you were stronger than I and prevailed; I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.

• Jeremiah 20:10

  For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce him, and let us denounce him!” All the men of my peace, watching for my stumbling, say, “Perhaps he will let himself be seduced, and we will prevail over him, and we will take our vengeance on him.”

• Ezekiel 14:9

  And the prophet, if he is enticed and speaks a word, I, YHWH, have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

• Hosea 2:14

  Therefore, look, I am going to entice her and lead her into the wilderness, and speak to her heart.

• Hosea 7:11

  And Ephraim has become like a dove, simple, without heart; to Egypt they call, to Assyria they go.

And 2 more times.