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Lexicon :: Strong's G1272 - dianoigō

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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

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Strong's Number G1272 matches the Greek διανοίγω (dianoigō),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the TR Greek.

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