Strong G455ἀνοίγω
to open
- Transliteration
- anoigō
- Pronunciation
- an-oy'-go
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G303 and οἴγω oigō (to open); to open up (literally or figuratively in various applications): - open.
Detailed definition
ἀν-οίγω
(ἀνά, οἴγω = οἴγνυμι) [in LXX chiefly for פָּתַח;]
to open;
1. trans., with accusative; a door or gate, Act.5:19 12:14, Rev.4:1; pass., Act.12:10 16:26-27; metaphorically of opportunity or welcome, Act.14:27, Col.4:3, Rev.3:20; pass., 1Co.16:9, 2Co.2:12, Rev.3:8; absol. (sc. θύραν), Act.5:23 12:16; with dative of person(s), Luk.12:36, Jhn.10:3; metaphorically, Mat.7:7-8 25:11, Luk.11:9-10 13:25, Rev.3:7; θησαυρούς (Sir.43:14), Mat.2:11; τ. μνημεῖα, Mat.27:52; τάφος, Rom.3:13; τ. φρέαρ, Rev.9:2; of heaven, Mat.3:16, Luk.3:21, Act.10:11, Rev.11:19 15:5 19:11; σφραγῖδα, Rev.5:9 6:1 ff. Rev.8:1; βιβλίον, βιβλαρίδιον, Luk.4:17, Rev.5:2-5 10:2, 8 20:12; τ. στόμα, Mat.17:27; id. Hebraistically (Num.22:28, Job.3:1, Isa.50:5, al.), of beginning to speak, Mat.5:2, Act.8:32, 35 10:34 18:14; before εἰς βλαιφημίας, Rev.13:6; ἐν παραβολαῖς (Psa.78:2), Mat.13:35; of recovering speech, Luk.1:64; of the earth opening, Rev.12:16; τ. ὀφθαλμoύς, Act.9:8, 40; id. with genitive of person(s), of restoring sight, Mat.9:30 20:33, Jhn.9:1ff; 10.21, 11:37ff; metaphorically, Act.26:18; ἀκοάς, with genitive of person(s), of restoring hearing, Mrk.7:35.
2. Intrans. in 2 pf., ἀνέῳγα (M, Pr., 154); heaven, Jhn.1:51; τ. στόμα, before πρός, of speaking freely, 2Co.6:11 (cf. δι-ανοίγω and see MM, VGT, 45).†
(AS)
(ἀνά, οἴγω = οἴγνυμι) [in LXX chiefly for פָּתַח;]
to open;
1. trans., with accusative; a door or gate, Act.5:19 12:14, Rev.4:1; pass., Act.12:10 16:26-27; metaphorically of opportunity or welcome, Act.14:27, Col.4:3, Rev.3:20; pass., 1Co.16:9, 2Co.2:12, Rev.3:8; absol. (sc. θύραν), Act.5:23 12:16; with dative of person(s), Luk.12:36, Jhn.10:3; metaphorically, Mat.7:7-8 25:11, Luk.11:9-10 13:25, Rev.3:7; θησαυρούς (Sir.43:14), Mat.2:11; τ. μνημεῖα, Mat.27:52; τάφος, Rom.3:13; τ. φρέαρ, Rev.9:2; of heaven, Mat.3:16, Luk.3:21, Act.10:11, Rev.11:19 15:5 19:11; σφραγῖδα, Rev.5:9 6:1 ff. Rev.8:1; βιβλίον, βιβλαρίδιον, Luk.4:17, Rev.5:2-5 10:2, 8 20:12; τ. στόμα, Mat.17:27; id. Hebraistically (Num.22:28, Job.3:1, Isa.50:5, al.), of beginning to speak, Mat.5:2, Act.8:32, 35 10:34 18:14; before εἰς βλαιφημίας, Rev.13:6; ἐν παραβολαῖς (Psa.78:2), Mat.13:35; of recovering speech, Luk.1:64; of the earth opening, Rev.12:16; τ. ὀφθαλμoύς, Act.9:8, 40; id. with genitive of person(s), of restoring sight, Mat.9:30 20:33, Jhn.9:1ff; 10.21, 11:37ff; metaphorically, Act.26:18; ἀκοάς, with genitive of person(s), of restoring hearing, Mrk.7:35.
2. Intrans. in 2 pf., ἀνέῳγα (M, Pr., 154); heaven, Jhn.1:51; τ. στόμα, before πρός, of speaking freely, 2Co.6:11 (cf. δι-ανοίγω and see MM, VGT, 45).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G455 appears in 75 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- open70
- be3
- openeth2
- unto1
First verses
- Matthew 2:11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
- Matthew 3:16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
- Matthew 5:2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
- Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
- Matthew 7:8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
- Matthew 9:30And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
- Matthew 13:35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
- Matthew 17:27Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
- Matthew 20:33They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
- Matthew 25:11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
- Matthew 27:52And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
- Luke 1:64And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
- Luke 3:21Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
- Luke 11:9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
- Luke 11:10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
- Luke 12:36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
- Luke 13:25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
- John 1:51And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
- John 9:10Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
- John 9:14And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: ἀνοίγ-νῡμι
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.10)]; ἀνοίγω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.88, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.37, 117)], and Attic dialect as [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 1.32 (συν-), +others: later ἀνοιγνύω 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 122, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.41.4)]: imperfect ἀνἔῳγον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.221, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.187, etc.; also ἀνῷγον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.168; rarely ἤνοιγον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.2 and 6.21)]; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἀναοίγεσκον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.455; late ἀνεῴγνυον 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.81, etc.)]: future ἀνοίξω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 179)]: aorist ἀνέῳξα[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “V.” 768, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.2, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.56,)]participle ἀνεῴξας [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” (add.) (from Antiphellus))]; also ἤνοιξα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.13)] and in late Prose; Ionic dialect ἄνοιξα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68 (best codices ἀνῷξα), 4.143, 9.118)]; poetry ἀνῷξα[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.15, κἀνῷξε 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.103)] M.: perfect ἀνέῳχα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.30, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 229; ἀνέῳγα 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 2.22 (see. below))]: pluperfect ἀνεῴγει[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 86(Pors.))]:—passive, ἀνοίγνῠμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 923, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1326)]: late future ἀνοιχθήσομαι[LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Isa.60.11, 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 33.13 (variant); ἀνοιγήσομαι LXX.Neh.7.3, “PMag.Par.” 1.358; ἀνεῴξομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.14)]: perfect ἀνέῳγμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 56, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4, etc.; ἀνῷγμαι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.47)]; later ἤνοιγμαι (δι-) best reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.80, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 2.9)]; pluperfect ἀνέῳκτο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.14)](perfect [Refs (2 ἀνέῳγα)] is used in passive sense in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.39, “Cord.” 7)], and later Prose, as [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.693d, NT.John.1.51, NT.2Cor.6.11, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 4)] (though he condemns it [Refs (“Sol.” 8))]; but in Attic dialect, only [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator “Fragmenta - Orat.” _Attic dialect_ 81))]: aorist ἀνεῴχθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1563)], subjunctive ἀνοιχθῆ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.37, _optative_ ἀνοιχθείην 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 59d)], participle ἀνοιχθείς[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.130, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 216d; later ἠνοίχθην 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.35.7, LXX.Psa.105(106).17)]; and aorist 2 ἠνοίγην[NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Mark.7.35, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 14, etc.—In late Gr., very irregular forms occur, ἠνέῳξα LXX.Gen.8.6; ἠνέωχα “PMag.Par.” 1.2261; ἠνέῳγμαι NT.Rev.10.8, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 9.9; ἠνεῴχθην LXX.Gen.7.11)]; also aorist 1 infinitive ἀνωίξαι[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 12.331; ἀνωίχθην 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 7.317)]:—open, of doors, etc., ἀναοίγεσκον μεγάλην κληῗδα they tried to put back the bolt so as to open [the door], [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.455, compare 14.168; πύλας ἀνοῖξαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 604; θύραν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 768; also without θύραν, ἐπειδὴ αὐτῷ ἀνέῳξέ τις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310b, compare 314d)]; χηλοῦ δ᾽ ἀπὸ πῶμ᾽ ἀνέῳγε took off the cover and opened it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.221; φωριαμῶν ἐπιθήματα κάλ᾽ ἀνέῳγεν 24.228)]; so ἀ. σορόν, θήκας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68, 187; κιβωτόν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.10)]; ἀ. σήμαντρα, σημεῖα, διαθήκην, open seals, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 6.4, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.30, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 68; and _metaphorically_, καθαρὰν ἀνοίξαντι κλῇδα φρενῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 660)]; ἀ. βίβλινον (i.e. οἶνον) tap it, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.15)]; γῆρυν ἀνοίξας, for στόμα, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 477)]; ἀ. φιλήματα kiss with open mouths, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 2.37.)]
b throw open for use, γυμνάσιον[Refs (“OGI” 529.11)]; κἀνῷξε σχολὰς opened school, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.103M.)]; εἰ ἀνοίξω ἐργαστήριο; shall I open a shop? [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” 43p.5H.)]
2 metaphorically, lay open, unfold, disclose, ὄνομα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 322; ἔργ᾽ ἀναιδῆ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 515, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 326; λανθάνουσαν ἀτυχίαν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 674.)]
3 as nautical term, absolutely, get into the open sea, get clear of land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.2, 5.13, 6.21; but ἁλὸς κέλευθον ἀ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.88)] is to open or first show the way over the sea.
II passive, to be open, stand open, lie open, ὄπισθε τῆς ἀνοιγομένης θύρης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9; ἀνεῳγμένην καταλαμβάνειν τὴν θύραν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174e; ἀνεῳγμένας πύλας Ἅιδου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 56; δικαστήρια ἀνοίγεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 405a; παρέξει τἀμπόρι᾽ ἀνεῳγμένα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1523; ἀνέῳκται τὸ δεσμωτήριον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.208; λέων τὰ ἐντὸς ἀνοιχθείς)]cut open, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 497b17)]; κόλποι δι᾽ ἀλλήλων ἀνοιγόμενοι opening one into another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 4: _metaphorically_, θησαυρὸς ὡς ἀνοίγνυται κακῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 923.)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.10)]; ἀνοίγω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.88, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.37, 117)], and Attic dialect as [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 1.32 (συν-), +others: later ἀνοιγνύω 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 122, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.41.4)]: imperfect ἀνἔῳγον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.221, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.187, etc.; also ἀνῷγον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.168; rarely ἤνοιγον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.2 and 6.21)]; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἀναοίγεσκον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.455; late ἀνεῴγνυον 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.81, etc.)]: future ἀνοίξω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 179)]: aorist ἀνέῳξα[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “V.” 768, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.2, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.56,)]participle ἀνεῴξας [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” (add.) (from Antiphellus))]; also ἤνοιξα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.13)] and in late Prose; Ionic dialect ἄνοιξα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68 (best codices ἀνῷξα), 4.143, 9.118)]; poetry ἀνῷξα[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.15, κἀνῷξε 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.103)] M.: perfect ἀνέῳχα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.30, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 229; ἀνέῳγα 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 2.22 (see. below))]: pluperfect ἀνεῴγει[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 86(Pors.))]:—passive, ἀνοίγνῠμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 923, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1326)]: late future ἀνοιχθήσομαι[LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Isa.60.11, 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 33.13 (variant); ἀνοιγήσομαι LXX.Neh.7.3, “PMag.Par.” 1.358; ἀνεῴξομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.14)]: perfect ἀνέῳγμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 56, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4, etc.; ἀνῷγμαι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.47)]; later ἤνοιγμαι (δι-) best reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.80, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 2.9)]; pluperfect ἀνέῳκτο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.14)](perfect [Refs (2 ἀνέῳγα)] is used in passive sense in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.39, “Cord.” 7)], and later Prose, as [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.693d, NT.John.1.51, NT.2Cor.6.11, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 4)] (though he condemns it [Refs (“Sol.” 8))]; but in Attic dialect, only [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator “Fragmenta - Orat.” _Attic dialect_ 81))]: aorist ἀνεῴχθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1563)], subjunctive ἀνοιχθῆ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.37, _optative_ ἀνοιχθείην 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 59d)], participle ἀνοιχθείς[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.130, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 216d; later ἠνοίχθην 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.35.7, LXX.Psa.105(106).17)]; and aorist 2 ἠνοίγην[NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Mark.7.35, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 14, etc.—In late Gr., very irregular forms occur, ἠνέῳξα LXX.Gen.8.6; ἠνέωχα “PMag.Par.” 1.2261; ἠνέῳγμαι NT.Rev.10.8, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 9.9; ἠνεῴχθην LXX.Gen.7.11)]; also aorist 1 infinitive ἀνωίξαι[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 12.331; ἀνωίχθην 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 7.317)]:—open, of doors, etc., ἀναοίγεσκον μεγάλην κληῗδα they tried to put back the bolt so as to open [the door], [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.455, compare 14.168; πύλας ἀνοῖξαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 604; θύραν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 768; also without θύραν, ἐπειδὴ αὐτῷ ἀνέῳξέ τις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310b, compare 314d)]; χηλοῦ δ᾽ ἀπὸ πῶμ᾽ ἀνέῳγε took off the cover and opened it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.221; φωριαμῶν ἐπιθήματα κάλ᾽ ἀνέῳγεν 24.228)]; so ἀ. σορόν, θήκας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68, 187; κιβωτόν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.10)]; ἀ. σήμαντρα, σημεῖα, διαθήκην, open seals, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 6.4, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.30, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 68; and _metaphorically_, καθαρὰν ἀνοίξαντι κλῇδα φρενῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 660)]; ἀ. βίβλινον (i.e. οἶνον) tap it, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.15)]; γῆρυν ἀνοίξας, for στόμα, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 477)]; ἀ. φιλήματα kiss with open mouths, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 2.37.)]
b throw open for use, γυμνάσιον[Refs (“OGI” 529.11)]; κἀνῷξε σχολὰς opened school, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.103M.)]; εἰ ἀνοίξω ἐργαστήριο; shall I open a shop? [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” 43p.5H.)]
2 metaphorically, lay open, unfold, disclose, ὄνομα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 322; ἔργ᾽ ἀναιδῆ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 515, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 326; λανθάνουσαν ἀτυχίαν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 674.)]
3 as nautical term, absolutely, get into the open sea, get clear of land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.2, 5.13, 6.21; but ἁλὸς κέλευθον ἀ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.88)] is to open or first show the way over the sea.
II passive, to be open, stand open, lie open, ὄπισθε τῆς ἀνοιγομένης θύρης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9; ἀνεῳγμένην καταλαμβάνειν τὴν θύραν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174e; ἀνεῳγμένας πύλας Ἅιδου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 56; δικαστήρια ἀνοίγεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 405a; παρέξει τἀμπόρι᾽ ἀνεῳγμένα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1523; ἀνέῳκται τὸ δεσμωτήριον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.208; λέων τὰ ἐντὸς ἀνοιχθείς)]cut open, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 497b17)]; κόλποι δι᾽ ἀλλήλων ἀνοιγόμενοι opening one into another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 4: _metaphorically_, θησαυρὸς ὡς ἀνοίγνυται κακῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 923.)]