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ἀνοίγω
anoígō · Greek · Strong's G455 · 77 occurrences
The KJV renders 12 different Hebrew and Greek words as “open”
What it means
to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications)
from G303 (ἀνά) and (to open);
How the KJV renders it
open
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“open”
also renders anakalýptō (G343), schízō (G4977), dianoígō (G1272), anaptýssō (G380), gâlâh (H1540), kârâh (H3738), pâʻar (H6473), pâtsâh (H6475), pâqach (H6491), pᵉthach (H6606), pithchôwn (H6610)
Answers that weigh this word
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- Should Christians pray to saints?
- Will everyone ultimately be saved?
- Are the dead conscious, or do they sleep until the resurrection?
- What happens to a person immediately after death?
Where it appears
77 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 16:9 · V-2RAI-3S
for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
2 Corinthians 2:12 · V-RPP-GSF
Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
2 Corinthians 6:11 · V-2RAI-3S
Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.
Acts 5:19 · V-AAP-NSM
But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out and said,
Acts 5:23 · V-AAP-NPM
“We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”
Acts 8:32 · V-PAI-3S
Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.
Acts 8:35 V-AAP-NSMActs 9:8 V-RPP-GPMActs 9:40 V-AAI-3SActs 10:11 V-RPP-ASMActs 10:34 V-AAP-NSMActs 12:10 V-2API-3SActs 12:14 V-AAI-3SActs 12:16 V-AAP-NPMActs 14:27 V-AAI-3SActs 16:26 V-API-3PActs 16:27 V-RPP-APFActs 18:14 V-PANActs 26:18 V-AANColossians 4:3 V-AAS-3SJohn 9:10 V-API-3PJohn 9:14 V-AAI-3SJohn 9:17 V-AAI-3SJohn 9:21 V-AAI-3SJohn 9:26 V-AAI-3SJohn 9:30 V-AAI-3SJohn 9:32 V-AAI-3SJohn 10:3 V-PAI-3SJohn 10:21 V-AANJohn 11:37 V-AAP-NSMLuke 1:64 V-API-3SLuke 3:21 V-APNLuke 11:9 V-2FPI-3SLuke 11:10 V-2FPI-3SLuke 12:36 V-AAS-3PLuke 13:25 V-AAM-2SMatthew 2:11 V-AAP-NPMMatthew 3:16 V-API-3PMatthew 5:2 V-AAP-NSMMatthew 7:7 V-2FPI-3SMatthew 7:8 V-2FPI-3SMatthew 9:30 V-API-3PMatthew 13:35 V-FAI-1SMatthew 17:27 V-AAP-NSMMatthew 20:33 V-2APS-3PMatthew 25:11 V-AAM-2SMatthew 27:52 V-API-3PMark 7:35 V-2API-3PRevelation 3:7 V-FAI-3SRevelation 3:8 V-RPP-ASFRevelation 3:20 V-AAS-3SRevelation 4:1 V-RPP-NSFRevelation 5:2 V-AANRevelation 5:3 V-AANRevelation 5:4 V-AANRevelation 5:5 V-AANRevelation 5:9 V-AANRevelation 6:1 V-AAI-3SRevelation 6:3 V-AAI-3SRevelation 6:5 V-AAI-3S
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