Quick Definition
διανοίγω v. I open fully
Strong's Definition
from 1223 and 455; to open thoroughly, literally (as a first-born) or figuratively (to expound)
KJV Usage: open
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.pass. Διηνοίχθην | ἀνοίγω
79.110 · Features of Objects · Open, Closed
to open, to make open to cause something to be open (see also discussion at 79.111)
33.142 · Communication · Interpret, Mean, Explain
to explain, to open up, to make evident to explain something which has been previously hidden or obscure
27.49 · Learn · Be Willing To Learn
Collocation: διανοίγω τὴν καρδίαν · διανοίγω τὸν νοῦν
to open someone’s mind, to cause someone to be open-minded (idioms, literally: to open the mind, and: to open the heart) to cause someone to be willing to learn and evaluate fairly 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.
94.8
Collocation: ἄρσην διανοίγων μήτραν
to be the firstborn (an idiom, literally: to open a womb) to be the first offspring of a female
1 It is possible that διανοίγω[a] is somewhat more emphatic than ἀνοίγω.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δι-αν-οίγω ; impf. διήνοιγον:; 1 aor. διήνοιξα : Pass., 1 aor. διηνοίχθην ; [2 aor. dinvotynv]; pf. ptep. διηνυιγμένος (Acts vii. 50 1. Ὁ Tr WH) ; [on variations of augm. see reff. s. v. ἀνοίγω] : Sept. chiefly for MP5 and NN}; occasionally in prof. auth. fr. Plat. Lys. p. 210 a. down; to open by dividing or drawing asunder (8ut), to open thoroughly (what had been closed) ; 1. prop.: ἄρσεν διανοῖγον μήτραν, ἃ male opening the womb (the closed matrix), i. e. the first-born, Lk. ii. 23 (Ex. xiii. 2, ete.); οὐρανούς, pass., Acts vii. 01, Τ Tr WH; the ears, the eyes, i. 6. to restore or to give hearing, sight: Mk. vii. 34, 35 RG; Lk. xxiv. 31, (Gen. iii. 5, 7; Is. xxxv. 5; 2 K. vi. 17, ete.). 2 trop.: τὰς γραφάς, to open the sense of the Scriptures, explain them, Lk. xxiv. 32; τὸν νοῦν τινος to open the mind of one, i. e. cause him to understand a thing, Lk. xxiv. 45; τὴν καρδίαν to open one’s soul, i. 6. to rouse in one the faculty of understanding or the desire of learning, Acts xvi. 14, (2 Mace. i. 4; Themist. orat. 2 de Constantio imp. [p. 29 ed. Harduin] διανοίγεταί μου ἡ καρdia x. διαυγεστέρα γίνεται ἡ ψυχή) : absol., foll. by ὅτε, to explain, expound se. αὐτάς, i. 6. τὰς γραφάς, Acts xvii. 3. ΟΕ Win. De verb. comp. ete. Pt. v. p. 19 sq.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διανοίγω dianoigō 8x
to open, Mk. 7:34, 35; Lk. 2:23; 24:31; Acts 7:56; met. to open the sense of a thing, explain, expound, Lk. 24:32; Acts 17:3; διανοίγειν τὸν νοῦν, τὴν καρδίαν, to open the mind, the heart, so as to understand and receive, Lk. 24:45; Acts 16:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δι-αν-οίγω
[in LXX for פּטר (Ex, Nu), פּקח, פּתח, etc. ;]
to open up completely, to open: Lk 2:23 (LXX); pass., Mk 7:34, Ac 7:56. Metaph., δ. τ. νοῦν, Lk 24:45, τ. καρδίαν, Ac 16:14, pass., οἱ ὀφθαλμοί, Lk 24:31; of explaining, τ. γραφάς, Lk 24:32, Ac 17:3.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διανοίγω (dianoigō) — to open up. διαν-οίγω, lay open, τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς [NT+5th c.BC+]:—passive, [LXX+2nd c.AD+]; of a dead body, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. open so as to connect, τὸν Ἰνδικὸν καὶ Περσικὸν κόλπον [Refs]
III. reveal, explain, τὰς γραφάς [NT+5th c.AD+]