Strong's Number G1272

διανοίγω

dianoigo · dee-an-oy'-go

Transliteration:

dianoigo{dee-an-oy'-go}

Word Origin:

from 1223 and 455

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to open thoroughly, literally (as a first-born) or figuratively (to expound)

Usage in the KJV:

open 8

Total: 8
Occurs 8 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to open by dividing or drawing asunder, to open thoroughly (what had been closed)
1. a male opening the womb (the closed matrix), i.e. the first-born
2. of the eyes and the ears
3. to open the mind of one, i.e. to cause to understand a thing
  1. to open one's soul, i.e. to rouse in one the faculty of understanding or the desire of learning