Strong's Hebrew · H6362
פָּטַר
pâṭar · paw-tar'
Definitionto cleave or burst through, i.e. (causatively) to emit, whether literal or figurative (gape)
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagedismiss, free, let (shoot) out, slip away.
Occurrences5 in the KJV · 5 verses
פָּטַר in Scripture
1 Samuel 19:10
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
1 Chronicles 9:33
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
2 Chronicles 23:8
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
Psalms 22:7
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying ,
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.