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Strong's #1272 - διανοίγω
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- to open by dividing or drawing asunder, to open thoroughly (what had been closed)
- a male opening the womb (the closed matrix), i.e. the first-born
- of the eyes and the ears
- to open the mind of one, i.e. to cause to understand a thing
- to open one's soul, i.e. to rouse in one the faculty of understanding or the desire of learning
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διαν-οίγω,
I lay open, τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Pl. Ly. 210a; μήτραν Luke 2:23 : — Pass., LXX Genesis 3:5,al., Sor. 1.86; of a dead body, Arist. HA 507a21.
II open so as to connect, τὸν Ἰνδικὸν καὶ Περσικὸν κόλπον Id. Mu. 393b3.
III reveal, explain, τὰς γραφάς Luke 24:32, cf. Acts 17:3; τὰ τῶν παλαιῶν ἀπόρρητα Aen.Gaz. Thphr. p.5B.
διανοίγω; imperfect διηνοιγον; 1 aorist διήνοιξα; passive, 1 aorist διηνοιχθην; (2 aorist διηνοιγην); perfect participle διηνοιγμενος (Acts 7:56 L T Tr WH); (on variations of augment see references under the word ἀμπογππ); the Sept. chiefly for פָּקַח and פָּתַח; occasionally in secular authors from Plato, Lysias, p. 210 a. down; to open by dividing or drawing asunder (διά), to open thoroughly (what had been closed);
1. properly: ἄρσεν διανοῖγον μήτραν, a male opening the womb (the closed matrix), i. e. the first-born, Luke 2:23 (Exodus 13:2, etc.); οὐρανούς, passive, Acts 7:56 L T Tr WH; the ears, the eyes, i. e. to restore or to give hearing, sight: Mark 7:34, 35 R G; Luke 24:31 (Genesis 3:5, 7; Isaiah 35:5; 2 Kings 6:17, etc.).
2. tropically: τάς γραφάς, to open the sense of the Scriptures, explain them, Luke 24:32; τόν νοῦν τίνος, to open the mind of one, i. e. cause him to understand a thing, Luke 24:45; τήν καρδίαν, to open one's soul, i. e. to rouse in one the faculty of understanding or the desire of learning, Acts 16:14 (2 Macc. 1:4; Themistius, orat. 2 de Constantio imp. (p. 29, Harduin edition) διανοίγεται μου ἡ καρδία καί διαυγεστερα γίνεται ἡ ψυχή); absolutely, followed by ὅτι, to explain, expound namely, αὐτάς, i. e. τάς γραφάς, Acts 17:3. Cf. Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 19f.
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δι -αν -οίγω ,
[in LXX for H6363 (Ex, Nu), H6491, H6605, etc.;]
to open up completely, to open: Luke 2:23 (LXX); pass., Mark 7:34, Acts 7:56. Metaph., δ . τ . νοῦν , Luke 24:45, τ . καρδίαν , Acts 16:14, pass., οἱ ὀφθαλμοί , Luke 24:31; of explaining, τ . γραφάς , Luke 24:32, Acts 17:3.†
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