Quick Definition
ἐφφαθά Aram. be opened up
Strong's Definition
of Chaldee origin (6606); be opened!
KJV Usage: Ephphatha
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb (Aramaic loanword)
79.111 · Features of Objects · Open, Closed
be opened (an Aramaic word) The Aramaic word εφφαθα, together with the Greek interpretation ‘be opened,’ may still be relatively meaningless in the context of MRK 7:34 since it refers to the capacity for hearing.
In a number of languages one does not speak of a deaf person as ‘one whose ears are closed.’ The most appropriate equivalent may simply be ‘be able to hear’ or even ‘now you can hear.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐφφαθά, eplphatha, Aram. NNDNS (the ethpaal impy. of the verb ND3, Hebr. m2, to open), be thou opened (i. e. receive the power of hearing; the ears of the deaf and the eyes of the blind being considered as closed) : Mk. vii. 84. [See Kautzsch, Gram. ἃ. Bibl.-Aram. p. 10.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐφφαθά ephphatha 1x
Aramaic, be thou opened, Mk. 7:34*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἐφφαθά
(Aram. אֶתְפְּתח, v. Abbott, Essays, 142 ff.; DCG, i, 522)
ephphatha, be opened: Mk 7:34.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐφφαθά (ephphatha) — open!. Transliteration of Hebrew פְּתַח 'to open' [H6606]. Not in LSJ.