Hole
ὀπήStrong’s G3692opē
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Opē is the Greek word usually translated “holes” and “opening”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.”
Meaning
Usually translated “holes” and “opening”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- holes 1
- opening 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 1
- James 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
ὀπή opē · hole
ὀπή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for חוֹר, חֲגָו, etc. ;] an opening, a hole: Jas.3:11 (cf. Exo.33:22), Heb.11:33 (cf. Ob 3).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hole” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HOLE, noun
- A hollow place or cavity in any solid body, of any shape or dimensions, natural or artificial. Isaiah 11:8Ezekiel 8:7
- A perforation; an aperture; an opening in or through a solid body, left in the work or made by an instrument.“Jehoida took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it” 2 Kings 12:9
- A mean habitation; a narrow or dark lodging.
- An opening or means of escape; a subterfuge; in the vulgar phrase, he has a hole to creep out at.
All definitions and other forms of “hole”
- An opening in a garment for the arm.
HOLE, verb intransitive
To go into a hole
HOLE, verb transitive
To cut, dig or make a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars.
- To drive into a bag, as in billiards.
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.