# פְּתִחָה (petichah)

Israeli respelling: pe-ti-chah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6609. 1 Old Testament occurrences.

something opened, i.e. a drawn sword

King James renderings: drawn sword.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/petichah-h6609

## Occurrences

- [Psalms 55:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/55/21) — The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.