Opening Open

Opening Open

'''A — 1: ἀνοίγω (Strong'S #455 — Verb — anoigo — an-oy'-go )

is used (1) transitively, (a) literally, of "a door or gate," e.g.,  Acts 5:19; graves,  Matthew 27:52; a sepulchre,  Romans 3:13; a book, e.g.,  Luke 4:17 (some mss. have No. 4);   Revelation 5:2-5;  10:8; the seals of a roll, e.g.,  Revelation 5:9;  6:1; the eyes,  Acts 9:40; the mouth of a fish,  Matthew 17:27; "the pit of the abyss,"  Revelation 9:2 , Rv; heaven and the heavens,  Matthew 3:16;  Luke 3:21;  Acts 10:11 (for   Acts 7:56 , see No. 2);  Revelation 19:11; "the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven,"  Revelation 15:5; by metonymy, for that which contained treasures,  Matthew 2:11; (b) metaphorically, e.g.,  Matthew 7:7,8;  25:11;  Revelation 3:7; Hebraistically, "to open the mouth," of beginning to speak, e.g.,  Matthew 5:2;  13:35;  Acts 8:32,35;  10:34;  18:14;  Revelation 13:6 (cp., e.g.,   Numbers 22:28;  Job 3:1;  Isaiah 50:5 ); and of recovering speech,  Luke 1:64; of the earth "opening,"  Revelation 12:16; of the "opening" of the eyes,  Acts 26:18; the ears,  Mark 7:35 (in the best mss.; some have No. 2); (2) intransitively (perfect tense, Active, in the Greek), (a) literally, of "the heaven,"   John 1:51 , Rv, "opened;" (b) metaphorically, of "speaking freely,"  2 Corinthians 6:11 .

'''A — 2: διανοίγω (Strong'S #1272 — Verb — dianoigo — dee-an-oy'-go )

"to open up completely" (dia, "through," intensive, and No. 1), is used (a) literally,  Luke 2:23;  Acts 7:56 , in the best mss.; (b) metaphorically, of the eyes,  Mark 7:34;  Luke 24:31; of the Scriptures,  Luke 24:32;  Acts 17:3; of the mind,  Luke 24:45 , Rv (Av, "understanding"); of the heart,  Acts 16:14 .

'''A — 3: ἄγω (Strong'S #71 — Verb — ago — ag'-o )

"to lead," or "to keep or spend a day," is so used in  Acts 19:38 : see Keep , Note (2).

'''A — 4: ἀναπτύσσω (Strong'S #380 — Verb — anaptusso — an-ap-toos'-so )

"to unroll" (ana, "back," ptusso, "to roll"), is found in some mss. in  Luke 4:17 (of the roll of Isaiah), and translated "He had opened" (Av); see No. 1.

 Hebrews 4:13Lay 2 Corinthians 3:18 Mark 1:10EvidentEphphatha.  2 Corinthians 7:2Receive

'''B — 1: ἄνοιξις (Strong'S #457 — Noun Feminine — anoixis — an'-oix-is )

"an opening" (akin to A, No. 1), is used in  Ephesians 6:19 , metaphorically of the "opening" of the mouth as in A, No. 1 (2), (b).

'''B — 2: ὀπή (Strong'S #3692 — Noun Feminine — ope — op-ay' )

"an opening, a hole," is used in  James 3:11 , of the orifice of a fountain: see Cave , Hole , Place.