Quick Definition
ἀνοίγω v. I open
Strong's Definition
from 303 and oigo (to open); to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications)
KJV Usage: open
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἀνέῳξα [ἠνέῳξα, ἤνοιξα] · pf. ἀνέῳγα · pf.pass. ἀνέῳγμαι, ἠνέῳγμαι · aor.pass. ἀνεῴχθην [ἠνεῴχθην, ἠνοίχθην, ἠνοίγην] | οἴγνυμι (open) · ἄνοιξις · διανοίγω
79.110 · Features of Objects · Open, Closed
to open, to make open to cause something to be open (see also discussion at 79.111)
MAT 2:11 · MAT 3:16 · MAT 7:7 · MAT 7:8 · MAT 17:27 · MAT 25:11 · MAT 27:52 · LUK 3:21 · LUK 11:9 · LUK 11:10 · LUK 12:36 · LUK 13:25 · JHN 1:51 · JHN 10:3 · ACT 5:23 · ACT 9:8 · ACT 9:40 · ACT 10:11 · ACT 12:10 · ACT 12:14 · ACT 12:16 · ACT 16:26 · ACT 16:27 · ROM 3:13 · REV 3:7 · REV 3:7 · REV 3:20 · REV 4:1 · REV 5:2 · REV 5:3 · REV 5:4 · REV 5:5 · REV 5:9 · REV 6:1 · REV 6:3 · REV 6:5 · REV 6:7 · REV 6:9 · REV 6:12 · REV 8:1 · REV 9:2 · REV 10:2 · REV 10:8 · REV 11:19 · REV 12:16 · REV 15:5 · REV 19:11 · REV 20:12 · REV 20:12
24.69 · Sensory Events and States · Hear
Collocation: ἀνοίγουσιν αἱ ἀκοαί
to regain one’s hearing, to have one’s hearing restored (an idiom, literally: ears open, or possibly: hearing opens) to become able to hear In some languages it may be relatively meaningless to translate literally ‘his ears were opened,’ since this might mean nothing more than the removal of some wax from the ear channel. It may therefore be necessary to translate ‘his ears were made so that he could hear again’ or ‘his lack of hearing was healed.’
71.9 · Mode · Possible, Impossible
Collocation: ἀνοίγω θύραν
to make it possible (an idiom, literally: to open a door) to make possible some opportunity
33.29 · Communication · Language Levels
Collocation: ἀνοίγω τὸ στόμα
to address, to start speaking, to begin to speak, to utter (Semitic idiom, literally: to open the mouth) to begin to speak in a somewhat formal and systematic manner
MAT 5:2 · MAT 13:35 · LUK 1:64 · ACT 8:32 · ACT 8:35 · ACT 10:34 · ACT 18:14 · REV 13:6
24.43 · Sensory Events and States · See
Collocation: ἀνοίγω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς
to open the eyes, to cause a blind person to see (an idiom, literally: to open the eyes) to cause someone to be able to see A strictly literal translation of ἀνοίγω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς ‘to open the eyes’ may be entirely misleading since it would imply simply opening the eyelids. It is accordingly much better to translate as ‘to cause to see.’
MAT 9:30 · MAT 20:33 · JHN 9:10 · JHN 9:14 · JHN 9:17 · JHN 9:21 · JHN 9:26 · JHN 9:30 · JHN 9:32 · JHN 10:21 · JHN 11:37 · ACT 26:18
33.252 · Communication · Speak Truth, Speak Falsehood
Collocation: τὸ στόμα ἀνοίγω πρός
to be completely open with, to conceal nothing from, to speak the whole truth to (an idiom, literally: to open the mouth to) to speak the complete truth to someone
1 It is possible that διανοίγω[a] is somewhat more emphatic than ἀνοίγω. 2 The plural form αἱ ἀκοαί probably refers primarily to the inner ear or the faculty of hearing rather than to the outer ears as body parts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀν-οίγω ; (dvd, οἴγω i. 6. οἴγνυμι) ; fut. ἀνοίξω; 1 aor. ἤνοιξα and (Jn. ix. 14 and as a var. elsewh. also) ἀνέῳξα (an earlier form) [and ἠνέῳξα WH in Jn. ix. 17, 32 (cf. Gen. viii. 6), so Tr (when corrected), but without iota subser.; see I, +]; 2 pf. avéwya (to be or stand open; cf. Bum. Ausf. Spr. ii. p. 250 sq.; (Rutherford, New Phryn. Ρ. 247; Veitch s. v.]; the Attic writ. give this force mostly to the pf. pass.); Pass., [pres. dvotyoua Mt. vii. 8LTrtxt. Wi mrg.; Lk. xi. 10 Tr mrg. WH mrg.]; pf. ptep. ἀνεῳγμένος and ἠνεῳγμένος, (ἠνοιγμένος Acts ix. 8 Tdf.); 1 aor. ἀνεῴχθην, ἠνεῴχθην. and ἠνοίχθην. inf. aveῳχθῆναι (with double augm. Lk. iii. 21); 2 aor. ἠνοίγην (the usual later form); 1 fut. ἀνοιχθήσομαι (Lk. xi. 9 Tdf., 10 LT); 2 fut. ἀνοιγήσομαι ; (on these forms, in the use of which both codd. and edd. differ much, ef. ( Tdf. Proleg. p. 121 sq.]; WH. App. pp. 161, 170; Bim. Gram. p. 280 [21st Germ. ed.]; Bum. N. T. Gr. 63 (55); W. 72 (70) and 83 (79); [Veitch s. v.]); to open: a door, a gate, Acts v. 19; xii. 10,14; xvi. 26 sq.; Rev. iv. 1; very often in Grk. writ. Metaph., to give entrance into the soul, Rey. iii. 20; to furnish opportunity to do something, Acts xiv. 27; Col. iv. 3; pass., of an opportunity offered, 1 Co. xvi. 9; 2 Co. ii. 12; Rev. iii. 8; cf. θύρα. simply ἀνοίγειν τινί to open (the door [B. 145 (127)]) to one; prop.: Lk. xii. 36; Acts v. 23; xii. 16; Jn. x. 3; ina proverbial saying, to grant something asked for, Mt. vii. 7 sq.; Lk. xi. 9 sq.; parabolically, to give access to the blessings of God’s kingdom, Mt. xxv. 11; Lk. xiii. 25; Rev. iii. 17. τοὺς θησαυρούς, Mt. ii. 11, (Sir. xliii. 14; Eur. Ion 923); τὰ μνημεῖα, Mt. xxvii. 52; tapos, Ro. iii. 13; τὸ φρέαρ, Rev. ix. 2. heaven is said to be opened and something to descend fr. it, Mt. iii. 16; Lk. iii. 21; Jn. i. 51 (52); Acts x. 11; or something is said to be seen there, Acts vii. 56 RG; Rev. xi. 19 (6 ναὸς . - - 6 ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ) ; [xv. 5]; xix.11. ἀνοίγ. τὸ στόμα: of a fish’s mouth, Mt. xvii. 27; Hebraistically, of those who begin to speak [W. 33 (32), 608 (565)], Mt. v.2; Acts Vili. 32, 35; x. 34; xviii. 14; foll. by eis βλασφημίαν [-pias LT ΤΥ WH], Rev. xiii. 6; ἐν παραβολαῖς, i.e. to make use of (A. V. in), Mt. xiii. 35, (Ps. Lxxvii. (Ixxviii.) 2; ἐν ἔπεσι Leian. Philops. § 33); πρός τινα, 2 Co. vi. 11 (τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν ἀνέῳγε πρὸς ὑμᾶς our mouth is open towards you, i. e. we speak freely to you, we keep nothing back) ; the mouth of one is said to be opened who recovers the power of speech, Lk. i. 64; of the earth yawning, Rey. xii. 16. ἀν. ἀκοάς τινος i. 6. to restore the faculty of hearing, Mk. vii. 35 (LT Tr WH). ἀν. τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς [W. 33 (32)], to part the eyelids so as to see, Acts ix. 8, 40; τινός, to restore one’s sight, Mt. ix. 30; xx. 33; Jn. ix. 10, 14, 17, 21, 26, 30, 32; x. 21; xi. 37; metaph., Acts xxvi. 18 (to open the eyes of one’s mind). ἀνοίγω τὴν σφραγίδα, to unseal, Rev. ν. 9; vi. 1, 3,5, 7, 9,12; viii. 1; dv. τὸ βιβλίον, Βιβλαρίδιον, to unroll, Lk. iv. 17 L Tr WH; Rev. v. 2-5; x. 2, 8; xx. 12. (Comp.: δι-ανοίγω.] ὃ
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνοίγω anoigō 77x
trans. to open, Mt. 2:11; intrans. to be opened, to be open, Mt. 3:16; Jn. 1:52
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀν-οίγω
(ἀνά, οἴγω = οἴγνυμι), [in LXX chiefly for פָּתַח;]
to open; trans., c. acc.; a door or gate, Ac 5:19 12:14, Re 4:1; pass., Ac 12:10 16:26, 27; metaph. of opportunity or welcome, Ac 14:27, Col 4:3, Re 3:20; pass., I Co 16:9, II Co 2:12, Re 3:8; absol. (sc. θύραν), Ac 5:23 12:16; c. dat. pers., Lk 12:36, Jo 10:3; metaph., Mt 7:7, 8 25:11, Lk 11:9, 10 13:25, Re 3:7; θησαυρούς (Si 43:14), Mt 2:11; τ. μνημεῖα, Mt 27:52; τάφος, Ro 3:13; τ. φρέαρ, Re 9:2; of heaven, Mt 3:16, Lk 3:21, Ac 10:11, Re 11:19 15:5 19:11; σφραγῖδα, Re 5:9 6:1 ff. 8:1; βιβλίον, βιβλαρίδιον, Lk 4:17, Re 5:2-5 10:2, 8 20:12; τ. στόμα, Mt 17:27; id. Hebraistically (Nu 22:28, Jb 3:1, Is 50:5, al.), of beginning to speak, Mt 5:2, Ac 8:32, 35 10:34 18:14; seq. εἰς βλαιφημίας, Re 13:6; ἐν παραβολαῖς (Ps 77 (78):2), Mt 13:35; of recovering speech, Lk 1:64; of the earth opening, Re 12:16; τ. ὀφθαλμούς, Ac 9:8, 40; id. c. gen. pers., of restoring sight, Mt 9:30 20:33, Jo 9:10 ff. 10:21 11:37; metaph., Ac 26:18; ἀκοάς, c. gen. pers., of restoring hearing, Mk 7:35.
Intrans. in 2 pf., ἀνέῳγα (M, Pr., 154); heaven, Jo 1:51; τ. στόμα, seq. πρός, of speaking freely, II Co 6:11 (cf. δι-ανοίγω and v. MM, VGT, 45).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνοίγω. That ancient scribes were almost capable of sympathy with modern school-boys in writing the augmented forms of this intractable verb is shown by frequent misspellings in late papyri: thus PSI II. 1329 (iii/a.p.) ἀνῷχθαι. From Ptolemaic papyri we have the regular forms ἠνώιξαμεν P Petr IT. 37 τὸ ?, and ἀνεωιγμένον 20. 2". 5, also ἀνοῖξαι 6. III. Ῥ- 133The phrase of Mt 2" is nearly paralleled in Sy// 60132 (iii/B.C.) ἀνοιγόντων δὲ of ἐξετασταὶ κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτὴν (/. -τὸν) τὸν θησαυρόν : so 7. 6532" (the Andania ‘‘ Mysteries” inscr., in dialect—B.C. 91), 587°? (B.c. 329-8) τῶι τοὺς θησαυροὺς ἀνοίξαντι. That of Rev 59 etc. occurs in Sy? 7904? (i/a.D.) τὰς σφραγῖδας ἀνοιξάτω. Close to this is its use for the “opening ” of a will, as P Ryl II. 1099 (A.p. 235—a stilted document with δυεῖν and υἱέας }) ἐκ διαθήκης τῆς καὶ ἀνοιχθε[(σ]ης κατὰ τὸ ἔθος. We may quote OG/S 22238 (B.c. 266-1) ἀνοῖξαι δὲ] τοὺς ἱερεῖς Kal τὰς ἱερείας τὰ ἱερά, οἴ 3325 5 (B.C. 138-2) ἀ. τοὺς ναούς, and Dittenberger’s note, with parallels showing that the solemn ‘‘ opening ” of shrines was a conspicuous feature in ritual—cf. 1 Regn 3158 καὶ ὥρθρισεν τὸ πρωὶ καὶ ἤνοιξεν τὰς θύρας οἴκου Κυρίου, and Rev 117%, 15°. Something akin to our ‘‘ opening” a building may be seen in OG/S 529" (a.p. 117-38) πρῶτον μὲν ἀνοίξαντα τὸ yupvacvov—he had evidently been prime mover in its establishment. The Neoplatonists appropriated the NT phrase “‘ heavens opened”: cf. Kazde/ 882 (Athens—c. iii/A.D.) Θειολόγου Λαίτοιο μετάρσιον ὕμνον ἀκούσας οὐρανὸν ἀνθρώποις εἶδον ἀνοιγόμενον. Laetus, a contemporary of Plotinus (Ed.), is acclaimed as a reincarnation of Plato. The word is common on later tombstones for violatingagrave. The frequency of the spelling ἀνύγω has been thought to go rather beyond the mere blundering substitution of an identically pronounced symbol: Radermacher (Gr. P 35n.*) would attribute it to the influence of ἀνύω, which is however a decidedly rarer word (not in NT). But Prof. Thumb regards it as purely graphic. We may quote two illiterate papyri of ii/B.c., written by the same hand, P Par 517 (= Selections p. 19) and 507: see Mayser Gr., p- IIo. So also P Tebt II. 38328 (a.p. 46) (the entrance and the exit) εἰς ἣν kal ἀνύξι ἑαυτῇ... .. θύραν. The late 2 aor. pass. ἠνοίγην (as Mk 7%, Ac 1219 etc.) is illustrated by BGU I. 3261.10 (as amended p. 359) (A.D. 194) ἠνύγη [κ]αὶ ἀνεγνώσθη --οἔ a will: cf. also the amended reading in |. 21 ἠνύγησαν. The verb is MGr.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνοίγω (anoigō) — to open. Included with: ἀνοίγ-νῡμι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνοίγω [Refs 5th c.BC+], and Attic dialect as [Refs 4th c.BC+]: imperfect ἀνἔῳγον[Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἀναοίγεσκον[Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ἀνοίξω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἀνέῳξα[Refs 5th c.BC+]participle ἀνεῴξας [Refs]; also ἤνοιξα[Refs 5th c.BC+] and in late Prose; Ionic dialect ἄνοιξα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry ἀνῷξα[Refs 3rd c.BC+] M.: perfect ἀνέῳχα[Refs 4th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἀνεῴγει[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀνοίγνῠμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: late future ἀνοιχθήσομαι[LXX+5th c.BC+]: perfect ἀνέῳγμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; later ἤνοιγμαι (δι-) best reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; pluperfect ἀνέῳκτο[Refs 5th c.BC+](perfect [Refs] is used in passive sense in [Refs 5th c.BC+], and later Prose, as [NT+1st c.AD+] (though he condemns it [Refs]; but in Attic dialect, only [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἀνεῴχθην[Refs 5th c.BC+], subjunctive ἀνοιχθῆ[Refs 5th c.BC+], participle ἀνοιχθείς[LXX+5th c.BC+]; and aorist 2 ἠνοίγην[NT+2nd c.AD+]; also aorist 1 infinitive ἀνωίξαι[Refs 4th c.AD+]:—open, of doors, etc., ἀναοίγεσκον μεγάλην κληῗδα they tried to put back the bolt so as to open [the door], [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χηλοῦ δ᾽ ἀπὸ πῶμ᾽ ἀνέῳγε took off the cover and opened it, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ἀ. σορόν, θήκας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. σήμαντρα, σημεῖα, διαθήκην, open seals, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. βίβλινον (i.e. οἶνον) tap it, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; γῆρυν ἀνοίξας, for στόμα, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἀ. φιλήματα kiss with open mouths, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] __b throw open for use, γυμνάσιον[Refs]; κἀνῷξε σχολὰς opened school, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; εἰ ἀνοίξω ἐργαστήριο; shall I open a shop? [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. metaphorically, lay open, unfold, disclose, ὄνομα[Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. as nautical term, absolutely, get into the open sea, get clear of land, [Refs 5th c.BC+] is to open or first show the way over the sea.
II. passive, to be open, stand open, lie open, ὄπισθε τῆς ἀνοιγομένης θύρης[Refs 5th c.BC+]cut open, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κόλποι δι᾽ ἀλλήλων ἀνοιγόμενοι opening one into another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]