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To open

ἀνοίγωStrong’s G0455

anoigō

Appears in 75 verses of the New Testament

In short

Anoigō is the Greek word usually translated “opened”, “having opened” and “open”. It appears in 75 verses of the New Testament.

“And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.”
Matthew 2:11 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “opened”, “having opened” and “open”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • opened 14
  • having opened 10
  • he opened 9
  • to open 8
  • were opened 7
  • it will be opened 4
  • was opened 4
  • opening 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Revelation 25
  • Acts 16
  • Matthew 11
  • John 11
  • Luke 6
  • 2 Corinthians 2

10 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 75 verses, by book
Mark 1
7:35
Romans 1
3:13
1 Corinthians 1
16:9
2 Corinthians 2
2:126:11
Colossians 1
4:3
Greek dictionary

ἀνοίγω anoigō · to open

ἀν-οίγω (ἀνά, οἴγω = οἴγνυμι) [in LXX chiefly for פָּתַח ;] to open; 1. trans., with accusative; a door or gate, Act.5:19 12:14, Rev.4:1; pass., Act.12:10 16:26-27; metaphorically of opportunity or welcome, Act.14:27, Col.4:3, Rev.3:20; pass., 1Co.16:9, 2Co.2:12, Rev.3:8; absol. (sc. θύραν), Act.5:23 12:16; with dative of person(s), Luk.12:36, Jhn.10:3; metaphorically, Mat.7:7-8 25:11, Luk.11:9-10 13:25, Rev.3:7; θησαυρούς (Sir.43:14), Mat.2:11; τ. μνημεῖα, Mat.27:52; τάφος, Rom.3:13; τ. φρέαρ, Rev.9:2; of heaven, Mat.3:16, Luk.3:21, Act.10:11, Rev.11:19 15:5 19:11; σφραγῖδα, Rev.5:9 6:1 ff. …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “open” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

OPEN, verb transitive

o'pn.

  1. To unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or cover and set open; as, to open a door or gate; to open a desk.
  2. To break the seal of a letter and unfold it.
  3. To separate parts that are close; as, to open the lips; to open the mouth or eyes or eyelids; to open a book.
  4. To remove a covering from; as, to open a pit.
All definitions and other forms of “open”
  1. To cut through; to perforate; to lance; as, to open the skin; to open an abscess.
  2. To break; to divide; to split or rend; as, the earth was opened in many places by an earthquake; a rock is opened by blasting.
  3. To clear; to make by removing obstructions; as, to open a road; to open a passage; the heat of spring opens rivers bound with ice.
  4. To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
  5. To unstop; as, to open a bottle.
  6. To begin; to make the first exhibition.
  7. To show; to bring to view or knowledge.
  8. To interpret; to explain.“- While he opened to us the Scriptures” Luke 24:32
  9. To reveal; to disclose.
  10. To make liberal; as, to open the heart.
  11. To make the first discharge of artillery; as, to open a heavy fire on the enemy.
  12. To enter on or begin; as to open a negotiation or correspondence; to open a trade with the Indies.
  13. To begin to see by the removal of something intercepted the view; as, we sailed round the point and opened the harbor.

OPEN, verb intransitive

o'pn.

  1. To unclose itself; to be unclosed; to be parted.“The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram” Psalms 106:17
  2. To begin to appear.
  3. To commence; to begin. sales of stock open at par.
  4. To bark; a term in hunting.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.