Strong G1272διανοίγω
to open up
- Transliteration
- dianoigō
- Pronunciation
- dee-an-oy'-go
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
δι-αν-οίγω
[in LXX for פֶּטֶר (Ex, Nu), פָּקַח, פָּתַח, etc.;]
to open up completely, to open: Luk.2:23 (LXX); pass., Mrk.7:34, Act.7:56. Metaphorical, δ. τ. νοῦν, Luk.24:45, τ. καρδίαν, Act.16:14, pass., οἱ ὀφθαλμοί, Luk.24:31; of explaining, τ. γραφάς, Luk.24:32, Act.17:3.†
(AS)
[in LXX for פֶּטֶר (Ex, Nu), פָּקַח, פָּתַח, etc.;]
to open up completely, to open: Luk.2:23 (LXX); pass., Mrk.7:34, Act.7:56. Metaphorical, δ. τ. νοῦν, Luk.24:45, τ. καρδίαν, Act.16:14, pass., οἱ ὀφθαλμοί, Luk.24:31; of explaining, τ. γραφάς, Luk.24:32, Act.17:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1272 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- open6
- openeth1
- opening1
First verses
- Mark 7:34And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
- Mark 7:35And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
- Luke 2:23(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
- Luke 24:31And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
- Luke 24:32And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
- Luke 24:45Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
- Acts 16:14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
- Acts 17:3Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
διαν-οίγω,
lay open, τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 210a; μήτραν NT.Luke.2.23)]:—passive, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Gen.3.5, +others, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.86)]; of a dead body, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 507a21.)]
II open so as to connect, τὸν Ἰνδικὸν καὶ Περσικὸν κόλπον [Refs ([prev. author] “Mu.” 393b3.)]
III reveal, explain, τὰς γραφάς [NT+5th c.AD+ (NT.Luke.24.32, cf. NT.Act.17.3; τὰ τῶν παλαιῶν ἀπόρρητα 5th-6th c.AD: Aeneas Gazaeus Rhetor “Theophrastus” p.5B.)]
lay open, τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 210a; μήτραν NT.Luke.2.23)]:—passive, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Gen.3.5, +others, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.86)]; of a dead body, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 507a21.)]
II open so as to connect, τὸν Ἰνδικὸν καὶ Περσικὸν κόλπον [Refs ([prev. author] “Mu.” 393b3.)]
III reveal, explain, τὰς γραφάς [NT+5th c.AD+ (NT.Luke.24.32, cf. NT.Act.17.3; τὰ τῶν παλαιῶν ἀπόρρητα 5th-6th c.AD: Aeneas Gazaeus Rhetor “Theophrastus” p.5B.)]