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Lexicon :: Strong's G1272 - dianoigō

Aa
διανοίγω
Transliteration
dianoigō (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-an-oy'-go
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

διανοίγω dianoígō, dee-an-oy'-go; from G1223 and G455; to open thoroughly, literally (as a first-born) or figuratively (to expound):—open.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G1272 in the following manner: open (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G1272 in the following manner: open (8x).

  1. to open by dividing or drawing asunder, to open thoroughly (what had been closed)

    1. a male opening the womb (the closed matrix), i.e. the first-born

    2. of the eyes and the ears

    3. to open the mind of one, i.e. to cause to understand a thing

      1. to open one's soul, i.e. to rouse in one the faculty of understanding or the desire of learning

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διανοίγω dianoígō, dee-an-oy'-go; from G1223 and G455; to open thoroughly, literally (as a first-born) or figuratively (to expound):—open.
STRONGS G1272:
διανοίγω; imperfect διήνοιγον; 1 aorist διήνοιξα; passive, 1 aorist διηνοιχθην; [2 aorist διηνοίγην]; perfect participle διηνοιγμένος (Acts 7:56 L T Tr WH); [on variations of augment see references under the word ἀνοίγω]; Sept. chiefly for פָּקַח and פָּתַח; 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, Luke 2:23 (Exodus 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: Mark 7:34, 35 R G; Luke 24:31, (Genesis 3:5, 7; Isaiah 35:5; 2 Kings 6:17, etc.).
2. tropically: τὰς γραφάς, to open the sense of the Scriptures, explain them, Luke 24:32; τὸν νοῦν τινος, to open the mind of one, i. e. cause him to understand a thing, Luke 24:45; τὴν 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] διανοίγεταί μου ἡ καρδία κ. διαυγεστέρα γίνεται ἡ ψυχή); absolutely, followed by ὅτι, to explain, expound namely, αὐτάς, i. e. τὰς γραφάς, Acts 17:3. cf. Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 19f.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
3:5; 3:7
Exodus
13:2
2 Kings
6:17
Isaiah
35:5
Mark
7:34; 7:35
Luke
2:23; 24:31; 24:32; 24:45
Acts
7:56; 7:56; 16:14; 17:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1272 matches the Greek διανοίγω (dianoigō),
which occurs 33 times in 31 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:5 - for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7 - And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12 - that thou shalt set apart unto Jehovah all that openeth the womb, and every firstling which thou hast that cometh of a beast; the males shall be Jehovah’s.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck: and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Jehovah slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:19 - All that openeth the womb is mine; and all thy cattle that is male, the firstlings of cow and sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16 - For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - Everything that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto Jehovah, both of man and beast shall be thine: nevertheless the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:17 - And Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:20 - And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Jehovah, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And Jehovah opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:19 -
He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers;
He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 -
My root is spread out to the waters,
And the dew lieth all night upon my branch:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:32 -
Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season?
Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 -
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty;
Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:20 -
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor;
Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:25 -
Strength and dignity are her clothing;
And she laugheth at the time to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend into it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 -
All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee;
They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up;
Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:46 -
All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:2 - So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the roll.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - In his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:27 - In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him that is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: so shalt thou be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:15 - And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:6 - The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 -
Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors:
They came as a whirlwind to scatter me;
Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:1 - Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:4 - In that day, saith Jehovah, I will smite every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the peoples with blindness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:1 - In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
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