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ἐφφαθάStrong’s G2188

ephphatha

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Ephphatha is the Greek word usually translated “ephphatha”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.”
Mark 7:34 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • ephphatha 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Mark 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἐφφαθά ephphatha · open!

    ἐφφαθά (Aram. אֶתְפְּתח, see Abbott, Essays, 142 ff.; DCG, i, 522) ephphatha, be opened: Mrk.7:34.† (AS)

    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.