G1272
G1272 — διανοίγω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
dianoigo (dee-an-oy'-go) v.
1. to open thoroughly
2. (literally) as a first-born
3. (figuratively) to expound
[from G1223 and G455]
KJV: open
Root(s): G1223, G455
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
open
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διανοίγω; imperfect διηνοιγον; 1 aorist διήνοιξα; passive, 1 aorist διηνοιχθην; (2 aorist διηνοιγην); perfect participle διηνοιγμενος (Act 7:56 L T Tr WH); (on variations of augment see references under the word ἀμπογππ); the Sept. chiefly for ôÈÌ÷Çç and ôÈÌúÇç; occasionally in secular authors from Plato, Lysias, p. 210 a. down; to open by dividing or drawing asunder (διά), to open thoroughly (what had been closed);
1. properly: ἄρσεν διανοῖγον μήτραν, a male opening the womb (the closed matrix), i. e. the first-born, Luk 2:23 (Exo 13:2, etc.); οὐρανούς, passive, Act 7:56 L T Tr WH; the ears, the eyes, i. e. to restore or to give hearing, sight: Mar 7:34-35 R G; Luk 24:31 (Gen 3:5; Gen 3:7; Isa 35:5; 2Ki 6:17, etc.).
2. tropically: τάς γραφάς, to open the sense of the Scriptures, explain them, Luk 24:32; τόν νοῦν τίνος, to open the mind of one, i. e. cause him to understand a thing, Luk 24:45; τήν καρδίαν, to open one’s soul, i. e. to rouse in one the faculty of understanding or the desire of learning, Act 16:14 (2Ma 1:4; Themistius, orat. 2 de Constantio imp. (p. 29, Harduin edition) διανοίγεται μου ἡ καρδία καί διαυγεστερα γίνεται ἡ ψυχή); absolutely, followed by ὅτι, to explain, expound namely, αὐτάς, i. e. τάς γραφάς, Act 17:3. Cf. Winer’s De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 19f.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
διανοίγω (open)
Mark 7:34
- KJV: And looking up to heaven he sighed and saith unto him Ephphatha that is Be opened
- GK: και αναβλέψας εις τον ουρανόν εστέναξε και λέγει αυτώ εφφαθά ο εστιν διανοίχθητι
Mark 7:35
- KJV: And straightway his ears were opened and the string of his tongue was loosed and he spake plain
- GK: και ευθέως διηνοίχθησαν αυτού αι ακοαί και ελύθη ο δεσμός της γλώσσης αυτού και ελάλει ορθώς
Luke 2:23
- KJV: As it is written in the law of the Lord Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord
- GK: καθώς γέγραπται εν νόμω κυρίου ότι παν άρσεν διανοίγον μήτραν άγιον τω κυρίω κληθήσεται
Luke 24:31
- KJV: And their eyes were opened and they knew him and he vanished out of their sight
- GK: αυτών δε διηνοίχθησαν οι οφθαλμοί και επέγνωσαν αυτόν και αυτός άφαντος εγένετο απ΄ αυτών
Luke 24:32
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και είπον προς αλλήλους ουχί η καρδία ημών καιομένη ην εν ημίν ως ελάλει ημίν εν τη οδώ και ως διήνοιγεν ημίν τας γραφάς
Luke 24:45
- KJV: Then opened he their understanding that they might understand the scriptures
- GK: τότε διήνοιξεν αυτών τον νούν του συνιέναι τας γραφάς
Acts 16:14
- KJV: And a certain woman named Lydia a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira which worshipped God heard whose heart the Lord opened that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul
- GK: και τις γυνή ονόματι Λυδία πορφυρόπωλις πόλεως Θυατείρων σεβομένη τον θεόν ήκουεν ης ο κύριος διήνοιξε την καρδίαν προσέχειν τοις λαλουμένοις υπό του Παύλου
Acts 17:3
- KJV: Opening 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
- GK: διανοίγων και παρατιθέμενος ότι τον χριστόν έδει παθείν και αναστήναι εκ νεκρών και ότι ούτός εστιν ο χριστός Ιησούς ον εγώ καταγγέλλω υμίν