Strong G3692ὀπή
hole
- Transliteration
- opē
- Pronunciation
- op-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably from G3700; a hole (as if for light) that is cavern; by analogy a spring (of water): - cave place.
Detailed definition
ὀπή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX for חוֹר, חֲגָו, etc.;]
an opening, a hole: Jas.3:11 (cf. Exo.33:22), Heb.11:33 (cf. Ob 3).†
(AS)
[in LXX for חוֹר, חֲגָו, etc.;]
an opening, a hole: Jas.3:11 (cf. Exo.33:22), Heb.11:33 (cf. Ob 3).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3692 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cave1
- place1
First verses
- Hebrews 11:38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
- James 3:11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὀπή, ἡ,
opening, hole, ὀπὰς γὰρ εἶχεν οὐκ ὀλίγας [τὸ τριβώνιον] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 715)]; a mouse's hole, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sannyrio Comicus 8)]; of holes in the earth, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 559a4, +others)]; in a door, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 52)]; in a rock, [LXX (LXX.Exo.33.22)]; of an orifice in the body, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.73; ἡ ὀπὴ τῶν ὤτων [prev. author] 2.84 (codex B).)]
2 hole in the roof, serving as a chimney, ={κάπνη},{καπνοδόκη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 317 (Lyric poetry), 350; καὶ δι᾽ ὀπῆς κἀπὶ τέγους [prev. author] “fragment” 11, compare 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 4.11.)]
II plural, in Architecture texts, holes in the frieze left to receive the beam-ends, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 4.2.4)]; later, of windows, lights in doors, αἱ ὀ. τῶν τοίχων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus cited in 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 710.21; σιδήρια ἐξ ὀπῆς “IG” 4.39 (Aegina, 5th c.BC).)]
III (ὄψομαι, ὄπωπα) sight, τοὶ μήτ᾽ ἀκουὰν μήτ᾽ ὀπὰν πεπαμένοι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 4.23.)]
opening, hole, ὀπὰς γὰρ εἶχεν οὐκ ὀλίγας [τὸ τριβώνιον] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 715)]; a mouse's hole, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sannyrio Comicus 8)]; of holes in the earth, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 559a4, +others)]; in a door, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 52)]; in a rock, [LXX (LXX.Exo.33.22)]; of an orifice in the body, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.73; ἡ ὀπὴ τῶν ὤτων [prev. author] 2.84 (codex B).)]
2 hole in the roof, serving as a chimney, ={κάπνη},{καπνοδόκη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 317 (Lyric poetry), 350; καὶ δι᾽ ὀπῆς κἀπὶ τέγους [prev. author] “fragment” 11, compare 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 4.11.)]
II plural, in Architecture texts, holes in the frieze left to receive the beam-ends, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 4.2.4)]; later, of windows, lights in doors, αἱ ὀ. τῶν τοίχων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus cited in 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 710.21; σιδήρια ἐξ ὀπῆς “IG” 4.39 (Aegina, 5th c.BC).)]
III (ὄψομαι, ὄπωπα) sight, τοὶ μήτ᾽ ἀκουὰν μήτ᾽ ὀπὰν πεπαμένοι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 4.23.)]