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Lexicon :: Strong's G3692 - opē

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ὀπή
Transliteration
opē (Key)
Pronunciation
op-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ὀπή opḗ, op-ay'; probably from G3700; a hole (as if for light), i.e. cavern; by analogy, a spring (of water):—cave, place.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3692 in the following manner: cave (1x), place (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3692 in the following manner: cave (1x), place (1x).
  1. through which one can see, an opening, an aperture

    1. of a window

    2. of fissures in the earth

    3. of caves in rocks or mountains, holes

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀπή opḗ, op-ay'; probably from G3700; a hole (as if for light), i.e. cavern; by analogy, a spring (of water):—cave, place.
STRONGS G3692:
ὀπή, ὀπῆς, (perhaps from ὄψ (root ὀπ (see ὁράω); cf. Curtius, § 627)), properly, through which one can see (Pollux (2, 53, p. 179) ὀπή, δἰ ἧς ἐστιν ἰδεῖν, cf. German Luke, Loch (?)), an opening, aperture (used of a window, Song of Solomon 5:4): of fissures in the earth, James 3:11 (Exodus 33:22); of caves in rocks or mountains, Hebrews 11:38 (here R. V. holes); Obadiah 1:3. (Of various other kinds of holes and openings, in Aristophanes, Aristotle, others.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
33:22
Song of Songs
5:4
Obadiah
1:3
Hebrews
11:38
James
3:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3692 matches the Greek ὀπή (opē),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:22 - and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - Then 3,000 men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so have I done to them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed,
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:4 - My beloved put his hand to the latch,
and my heart was thrilled within me.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:3 - The pride of your heart has deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,[fn]
in your lofty dwelling,
who say in your heart,
“Who will bring me down to the ground?”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:12 - And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
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