διανοίγω dianoígō
Meaning
to open thoroughly, literally (as a first-born) or figuratively (to expound)
In the King James Version: open
Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and G455 (ἀνοίγω);
Where it is used
- Mark 7:34 And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).
- Luke 2:23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
- Luke 24:31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.
- Luke 24:32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
- Luke 24:45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
- Acts 7:56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
- Acts 16:14 Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
- Acts 17:3 explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.