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Strong's G455 · Greek

ἀνοίγω

anoigo · an-oy'-go

from 303 and oigo (to open); to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀν-οίγω (G455)

77 ἀν-οίγω ( ἀνά , οἴγω = οἴγνυμι ), [in LXX chiefly for פָּתַח ;] to open ; trans., c. acc.; a door or gate, Ac 5:19 12:14 , Re 4:1 ; pass., Ac 12:10 16:26 , 27 ; metaph. of opportunity or welcome, Ac 14:27 , Col 4:3 , Re 3:20 ; pass., I Co 16:9 , II Co 2:12 , Re 3:8 ; absol. (sc. θύραν ), Ac 5:23 12:16 ; c. dat. pers., Lk 12:36 , Jo 10:3 ; metaph., Mt 7:7 , 8 25:11 , Lk 11:9 , 10 13:25 , Re 3:7 ; θησαυρούς ( Si 43:14 ), Mt 2:11 ; τ. μνημεῖα , Mt 27:52 ; τάφος , Ro 3:13 ; τ. φρέαρ , Re 9:2 ; of heaven, Mt 3:16 , Lk 3:21 , Ac 10:11 , Re 11:19 15:5 19:11 ; σφραγῖδα , Re 5:9 6:1 ff. 8:1 ; βιβλίον , βιβλαρίδιον , Lk 4:17 , Re 5:2-5 10:2 , 8 20:12 ; τ. στόμα , Mt 17:27 ; id. Hebraistically ( Nu 22:28 , Jb 3:1 , Is 50:5 , al.), of beginning to speak, Mt 5:2 , Ac 8:32 , 35 10:34 18:14 ; seq. εἰς βλαιφημίας , Re 13:6 ; ἐν παραβολαῖς ( Ps 77 (78):2 ), Mt 13:35 ; of recovering speech, Lk 1:64 ; of the earth opening, Re 12:16 ; τ. ὀφθαλμούς , Ac 9:8 , 40 ; id. c. gen. pers., of restoring sight, Mt 9:30 20:33 , Jo 9:10 ff. 10:21 11:37 ; metaph., Ac 26:18 ; ἀκοάς , c. gen. pers., of restoring hearing, Mk 7:35 . Intrans. in 2 pf., ἀνέῳγα (M, Pr. , 154); heaven, Jo 1:51 ; τ. στόμα , seq. πρός , of speaking freely, II Co 6:11 (cf. δι-ανοίγω and v. MM, VGT , 45).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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