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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 καρδία κ. διαυγεστέρα γίνεται 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:5 - “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7 - And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves [fn]loin coverings.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - “Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the first [fn]offspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and beast; it belongs to Me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12 - and you shall [fn]devote to Yahweh the first [fn]offspring of every womb and [fn]the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - “But every first [fn]offspring of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - ‘And it happened, when Pharaoh hardened his heart with stiffness about letting us go, that Yahweh killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to Yahweh the males, the first [fn]offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:19 -

“The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, even of all your male livestock, the first offspring from [fn]cattle and sheep.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - “Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first offspring of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16 - for they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of every first issue of the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - [fn]Every first issue of the womb of all flesh, whether man or animal, which they bring near to Yahweh, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:17 - Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Yahweh, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:20 -

Now it happened that when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, “O Yahweh, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.” So Yahweh opened their eyes and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:19 -

“He lies down rich, but never [fn]again;

He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 -

‘My root is spread out to the waters,

And dew lies all night on my branch.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:32 -

“Can you lead forth a [fn]constellation in its season,

And guide the Bear with her [fn]satellites?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 -

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor;

Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with [fn]food.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:20 -

Kaph

She [fn]extends her hand to the poor,

And she stretches out her hands to the needy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:25 -

Ayin

Strength and majesty are her clothing,

And she smiles at the [fn]future.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 -

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its [fn]throat and opened its mouth without limit;

And [fn]Jerusalem’s majesty, her multitude, her rumbling, and the exultant within her, descend into it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 -

Pe

All your enemies

Have opened their mouths wide against you;

They hiss and gnash their teeth.

They say, “We have swallowed her up!

Surely this is the day for which we have hoped;

We have found it, we have seen it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:46 -

Pe

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:2 - So I opened my mouth, and He [fn]fed me this scroll.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - and I pronounced them unclean because of their gifts, in that they caused all [fn]their firstborn to pass through the fire so that I might make them desolate, in order that they might know that I am Yahweh.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - “Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ to set battering rams, to open the mouth [fn]for killing, to lift up the voice with a shout of war, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:27 - ‘On that day your mouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and be mute no longer. Thus you will be a wondrous sign to them, and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:15 -

“Then I will give her her vineyards from there

And the valley of Achor as a door of hope.

And she will [fn]sing there as in the days of her youth,

As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:6 -

The gates of the rivers are opened,

And the palace is melted away.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 -

You pierced with his own sharpened rods

The head of his [fn]throngs.

They stormed in to scatter [fn]us;

Their exultation was like those

Who devour the afflicted in secret.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:1 -

Open your doors, O Lebanon,

That a fire may consume your cedars.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:4 - “In that day,” declares Yahweh, “I will strike every horse with bewilderment and his rider with madness. But I will open my eyes to watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:1 -

“In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.

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