Open Bible Data Home About News OET Key

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Intro ← Index → ©

διανοίγω

Strong’s: G1272

Associated OET lemmas: διανοίγω

Notes: It is possible that διανοίγω[a] is somewhat more emphatic than ἀνοίγω.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: διανοίγω; aor.pass.; Διηνοίχθην

Related lemmas: ἀνοίγω

Sense 1: to open, to make open

Semantic entry: 79.110

Semantic domains: Features of Objects

Subdomains: Open, Closed

Definition: to cause something to be open (see also discussion at 79.111: ἐφφαθά){N:001}

MRK 7:34: RV MRK 7:34 · LV MRK 7:34 · Read together MRK 7:34

Show passage in OET

OET-RV MRK 7:34

34 Looking up to the sky, he sighed and said, “Open up!”

OET-LV MRK 7:34

34 and having _looked _up to the sky, he _groaned and is _saying to _him:
Effatha/(Fətaḩ), that is:
Be _opened _up.

LUK 24:31: RV LUK 24:31 · LV LUK 24:31 · Read together LUK 24:31

Show passage in OET

OET-RV LUK 24:31

31 and then their eyes were opened and they recognised him. Just then he vanished,

OET-LV LUK 24:31

31 And the eyes them were _opened _up, and they _recognised him.
And he became vanished from them.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 7:34 · LV MRK 7:34 · Read together MRK 7:34

LUK: RV LUK 24:31 · LV LUK 24:31 · Read together LUK 24:31

ACT: RV ACT 7:56 · LV ACT 7:56 · Read together ACT 7:56

Sense 2: to explain, to open up, to make evident

Semantic entry: 33.142

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Interpret, Mean, Explain

Definition: to explain something which has been previously hidden or obscure

LUK 24:32: RV LUK 24:32 · LV LUK 24:32 · Read together LUK 24:32

Show passage in OET

OET-RV LUK 24:32

32 and they said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts burning when he was speaking to us on the road and explaining the scriptures to us?”

OET-LV LUK 24:32

32 And they _said to one _another:
Not the heart of _us being _burned was as he _was _speaking with _us on the road, as he _was _opening _up the scriptures to _us?

ACT 17:3: RV ACT 17:3 · LV ACT 17:3 · Read together ACT 17:3

Show passage in OET

OET-RV ACT 17:3

3 showing them how that it had been written that the messiah would suffer and be killed and come back to life, and then explaining, “This Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) that I’ve been telling you about is the messiah.”

OET-LV ACT 17:3

3 opening _up and setting _before that it _was _fitting the chosen _one /messiah to _suffer, and to _rise _up from the_dead, and saying that This Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), whom I am _proclaiming to _you _all is.
chosen _one /messiah.

Sense 3: to open someone’s mind, to cause someone to be open-minded

Semantic entry: 27.49

Semantic domains: Learn

Subdomains: Be Willing To Learn

Definition: (idioms, literally: to open the mind, and: to open the heart) to cause someone to be willing to learn and evaluate fairly

Notes: It is rare that one can speak literally of ‘opening the mind’ or ‘opening the heart.’ It is sometimes possible to use an expression such as ‘to cause the mind to see’ or ‘to cause the heart to know’ or ‘… to recognize.’ In some languages, however, ‘to open the mind’ or ‘to open the heart’ may refer to murderous violence.

Collocations: διανοίγω τὴν καρδίαν; διανοίγω τὸν νοῦν

LUK 24:45: RV LUK 24:45 · LV LUK 24:45 · Read together LUK 24:45

Show passage in OET

OET-RV LUK 24:45

45 Then he opened their minds to be able to understand the scriptures, and he told them,

OET-LV LUK 24:45

45 Then he _opened _up the mind of _them which to _be _understanding the scriptures.
And he _said to _them,

ACT 16:14: RV ACT 16:14 · LV ACT 16:14 · Read together ACT 16:14

Show passage in OET

OET-RV ACT 16:14

14 One of them was Ludia from Thuateira who was a seller of purple goods and although she already worshipped God, the master opened her mind and she readily accepted what Paulos was saying.

OET-LV ACT 16:14

14 And a_certain woman by_the_name Ludia, a_seller _of _purple of_the_city of _Thuateira, worshipping the god was _hearing, of _whom the master opened _up her heart, to _be _taking _heed to _the things being _spoken by the Paulos.

Sense 4: to be the firstborn

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to open a womb) to be the first offspring of a female

Collocations: ἄρσην διανοίγων μήτραν

LUK 2:23: RV LUK 2:23 · LV LUK 2:23 · Read together LUK 2:23

Show passage in OET

OET-RV LUK 2:23

23 to follow what is written in Yahweh’s law: Every firstborn male is set aside for Yahweh

OET-LV LUK 2:23

23 as it _has _been _written in the_law of_the_master, that Every male opening _up a_womb, will _be _being _called holy to _the master,