διανοίγω
dianoígō · G1272 · Greek · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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to open, to make open
To cause something to be open (see also discussion at)
ExamplesMark 7:34 and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
Luke 24:31 And then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.
Acts 7:56 and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
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to explain, to open up, to make evident
To explain something which has been previously hidden or obscure
ExamplesLuke 24:32 They said to one another, “Were our hearts not burning within us when He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?”
Acts 17:3 explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”
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to open someone’s mind, to cause someone to be open-minded
(Idioms, literally: to open the mind, and: to open the heart) To cause someone to be willing to learn and evaluate fairly
ExamplesLuke 24:45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
Acts 16:14 A woman named Lydia was listening; she was a seller of purple fabrics from the city of Thyatira, and a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.
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to be the firstborn
(An idiom, literally: to open a womb) To be the first offspring of a female
ExamplesLuke 2:23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “EVERY FIRSTBORN MALE THAT OPENS THE WOMB SHALL BE CALLED HOLY TO THE LORD”),
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
7 occurrences in 6 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- κύριοςLord 1
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
- οὐρανόςheaven, sky 1
- ὀφθαλμόςeye 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- γραφήScripture, the Scriptures 1
- καρδίαheart 1
- μήτραwomb 1
- νοῦςmind 1
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τότεthen 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- θεωρέωto see, to look at, to observe 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 3 words
- פֶּטֶר peṭer · H6363 · firstborn
- פֶּטֶר (peṭer, H6363) denotes the concrete noun 'firstling/that which opens the womb' as the result of opening, while διανοίγω (dianoígō, G1272) is the verb 'to open thoroughly' that includes the specialized sense of opening the womb (as a first-born) among its literal applications.
- פָּקַח pâqach · H6491 · to be open, to make see
- Hebrew פָּקַח (pâqach, H6491) corresponds to Greek διανοίγω (dianoígō, G1272) in contexts of physical opening (eyes, wombs, ears), sharing the core semantic domain of causing something closed to become open, with both terms used both literally and figuratively in their respective testaments.
- פָּתַח pâthach · H6605 · to open, to open up
- פָּתַח (pâthach, H6605) is the standard Hebrew verb for physical opening (doors, eyes, mouths), whereas διανοίγω (dianoígō, G1272) intensifies this with the prefix δια- to emphasize thorough/complete opening and extends naturally to figurative 'opening' of understanding (expounding Scripture); both share the core semantic domain of opening/making accessible, with the Greek term representing the natural translation equivalent that carries both literal and metaphorical senses of the Hebrew root.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To open someone’s mind, to cause someone to be open-minded27.49
- Used of enabling a mind to receive and grasp truth, as of Jesus opening the disciples' minds to understand the Scriptures in Luke 24:45.
- To explain, to open up, to make evident33.142
- Used of Scripture being unfolded and made intelligible, as of the disciples' hearts burning within them while Jesus was explaining the Scriptures to them on the road in Luke 24:32.
- To open, to make open79.110
- Used literally of a bodily opening, as of Jesus commanding the deaf man's ears to be opened in Mark 7:34, the law's requirement that every firstborn male who opens the womb be called holy in Luke 2:23, and the disciples' eyes being opened to recognize Him in Luke 24:31.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect διηνοιγον; 1 aorist διήνοιξα; passive, 1 aorist διηνοιχθην; (2 aorist…
1. properly: ἄρσεν διανοῖγον μήτραν, a male opening the womb (the closed matrix), i. e. the first-born, Lk 2:23 (Ex 13:2, etc.); οὐρανούς, passive, Acts 7:56 L T Tr WH; the ears, the eyes, i. e. to restore or to give hearing, sight: Mk 7:34, Mk 7:35 R G; Lk 24:31 (Gen 3:5, Gen 3:7; Isa 35:5; 2 Kgs 6:17, etc.).
2. tropically: τάς γραφάς, to open the sense of the Scriptures, explain them, Lk 24:32; τόν νοῦν τίνος, to open the mind of one, i. e. cause him to understand a thing, Lk 24:45; τήν καρδίαν, to open one's soul, i. e. to rouse in one the faculty of understanding or the desire of learning, Acts 16:14 (2 Macc. 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, Acts 17:3. Cf. Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 19f.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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