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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 knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7 - Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - “Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12 - you are to give over to the LORD the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem every firstborn among your sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:19 - “The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - “I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16 - They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn, the first male offspring from every Israelite woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the LORD is yours. But you must redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:17 - And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, LORD, so that he may see.” Then the LORD opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:20 - After they entered the city, Elisha said, “LORD, open the eyes of these men so they can see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes and they looked, and there they were, inside Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:19 - He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 - My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:32 - Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons[fn] or lead out the Bear[fn] with its cubs?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 - Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:20 - She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:25 - She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - Therefore Death expands its jaws, opening wide its mouth; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - All your enemies open their mouths wide against you; they scoff and gnash their teeth and say, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it.”

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - I defiled them through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - Into his right hand will come the lot for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to give the command to slaughter, to sound the battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp and to erect siege works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:27 - At that time your mouth will be opened; you will speak with him and will no longer be silent. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:15 - There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor[fn] a door of hope. There she will respond[fn] as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:6 - The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 - With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:1 - Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedars!

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:4 - On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the LORD. “I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:1 - “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
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