ἀνοίγω

פָּתַח pâthach · H6605 · to open, to open up

Hebrew פָּתַח and Greek ἀνοίγω share the core semantic domain of physical and metaphorical opening across a broad range of contexts (doors, eyes, mouths, revelation), with the LXX consistently rendering פָּתַח with ἀνοίγω as the standard Greek equivalent for this Hebrew root.

פָּצָה pâtsâh · H6475 · to open (one's mouth) wide, to rescue, to deliver

פָּצָה (pâtsâh, H6475) denotes physical opening (mouth, lips) or delivering/freeing, directly paralleling ἀνοίγω (anoígō, G455)'s literal opening sense; the Hebrew term emphasizes oral/vocal opening actions while the Greek encompasses broader opening applications.

פָּקַח pâqach · H6491 · to be open, to make see

Hebrew פָּקַח and Greek ἀνοίγω share the core semantic field of physical and figurative opening (particularly eyes, ears, or understanding), with both appearing in parallel contexts such as opening blind eyes (e.g., Isaiah 35:5 LXX; John 9 echoes) and divine revelation, making them direct translation equivalents across the Hebrew Bible and New Testament.

פִּתְחוֹן pithchôwn · H6610 · power to speak

Greek verb ἀνοίγω (to open) translates Hebrew noun פִּתְחוֹן (opening/open space), capturing the same core concept of opening across word-class boundary with full semantic alignment.

To open the eyes, to cause a blind person to see24.43

In John 9:10, neighbors ask the man born blind, “How then were your eyes opened (ēneṓchthēsan)?” describing the healing of blindness in terms of the eyes being opened.

To regain one’s hearing, to have one’s hearing restored24.69

In Mark 7:35, when Jesus heals a deaf man with a speech impediment, “his ears were opened (ēnoígēsan), and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly,” describing the restoration of hearing itself.

To be completely open with, to conceal nothing from, to speak the whole truth to33.252

In 2 Corinthians 6:11, Paul tells the Corinthians, “Our mouth has spoken freely to you... our heart is opened wide (anéōgen),” describing complete emotional and relational candor rather than any physical act.

To address, to start speaking, to begin to speak, to utter33.29

In Matthew 5:2, before the Sermon on the Mount, “He opened (anoíxas) His mouth and began to teach them, saying,” using the phrase idiomatically to introduce the start of a discourse.

To make it possible71.9

In Matthew 7:7, Jesus promises, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened (anoigḗsetai) to you,” using the image of an opened door for something being made possible.

To open, to make open79.110

In Matthew 2:11, the magi, having found the child, “fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened (anoíxantes) their treasures and presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh,” describing the plain physical act of opening containers.

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

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.