Exodus 13:2
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
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Openeth
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Revelation 3:7
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
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4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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פֶּטֶר
peṭer · peh'-ter
7 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)
Strong's KJV usage: firstling, openeth, such as open.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 13:2Strong's last: Ezekiel 20:26
Open full H6363 profile →פָּתַח
pâthach · paw-thakh'
4 times translated as this KJV form144 total Strong's occurrences
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Strong's KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Strong's first: Psalms 38:13Strong's last: Isaiah 53:7
Open full H6605 profile →ἀνοίγω
anoígō · an-oy'-go
3 times translated as this KJV form78 total Strong's occurrences
to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications)
Strong's KJV usage: :--open.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 10:3Strong's last: Revelation 3:7
Open full G455 profile →גָּלָה
gâlâh · gaw-law'
3 times translated as this KJV form190 total Strong's occurrences
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
Strong's KJV usage: advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, × plainly, publish, remove, reveal, × shamelessly, shew, × surely, tell, uncover.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 33:16Strong's last: Job 36:15
Open full H1540 profile →פָּקַח
pâqach · paw-kakh'
2 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
to open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant
Strong's KJV usage: open.
Strong's first: Job 27:19Strong's last: Psalms 146:8
Open full H6491 profile →διανοίγω
dianoígō · dee-an-oy'-go
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to open thoroughly, literally (as a first-born) or figuratively (to expound)
Strong's KJV usage: :--open.
Strong's first: Luke 2:23Strong's last: Luke 2:23
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H6605
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
H6491
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
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open
OPEN, a o'pn.
1. Unclosed; not shut; as, the gate is open; an open door or window; an open book; open eyes.
2. Spread; expanded. He received his son with open arms.
3. Unsealed; as an open letter.
4. Not shut or fast; as an open hand.
5. Not covered; as the open air; an open vessel.
6. Not covered with trees; clear; as an open country or field.
7. Not stopped; as an open bottle.
8. Not fenced or obstructed; as an open road.
9. Not frosty; warmer than usual; not freezing severely; as an open winter.
An open and warm winter portendeth a hot and dry summer.
Johnson interprets open in this passage, by not cloudy, not gloomy. I think the definition wrong. In America, an open winter is one in which the earth is not bound with frost and covered with snow.
10. Public; before a court and its suitors. His testimony was given in open court.
11. Admitting all persons without restraint; free to all comers. He keeps open house at the election.
12. Clear of ice; as, the river or the harbor is open
13. Plain; apparent; evident; public; not secret or concealed; as an open declaration; open avowal; open shame; open defiance. The nations contend to open war or in open arms.
14. Not wearing disguise; frank; sincere; unreserved; candid; artless.
He was held a man open and of good faith.
His generous, open undesigning heart.
15. Not clouded; not contracted or frowning; having an air of frankness and sincerity; as an open look.
With aspect open shall erect his head.
16. Not hidden; exposed to view.
We are to exercise our thoughts and lay open the treasures of divine truth.
17. Ready to hear or receive what is offered.
His ears are open to their cry. Psalms 34:15.
18. Free to be employed for redress; not restrained or denied; not precluding any person.
The law is open Acts 19:38.
19. Exposed; not protected; without defense. The country is open to the invaders.
- Hath left me open to all injuries.
20. Attentive; employed in inspection.
Thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men - Jeremiah 32:11.
21. Clear; unobstructed; as an open view.
22. Unsettled; not balanced or closed; as an open account.
OPEN accounts between merchants.
23. Not closed; free to be debated; as a question open for discussion.
24. In music, an open note is that which a string is tuned to produce.
OPEN, verb transitive o'pn.
1. To unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or cover and set open; as, to open a door or gate; to open a desk.
2. To break the seal of a letter and unfold it.
3. To separate parts that are close; as, to open the lips; to open the mouth or eyes or eyelids; to open a book.
4. To remove a covering from; as, to open a pit.
5. To cut through; to perforate; to lance; as, to open the skin; to open an abscess.
6. To break; to divide; to split or rend; as, the earth was opened in many places by an earthquake; a rock is opened by blasting.
7. To clear; to make by removing obstructions; as, to open a road; to open a passage; the heat of spring opens rivers bound with ice.
8. To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
9. To unstop; as, to open a bottle.
10. To begin; to make the first exhibition. The attorney general opens the cause on the part of the king or the state. Homer opens his poem with the utmost simplicity and modesty.
11. To show; to bring to view or knowledge.
The English did adventure far to open the north parts of America.
12. To interpret; to explain.
- While he opened to us the Scriptures. Luke 24:31.
13. To reveal; to disclose. He opened his mind very freely.
14. To make liberal; as, to open the heart.
15. To make the first discharge of artillery; as, to open a heavy fire on the enemy.
16. To enter on or begin; as to open a negotiation or correspondence; to open a trade with the Indies.
17. To begin to see by the removal of something intercepted the view; as, we sailed round the point and opened the harbor.
OPEN, verb intransitive o'pn.
1. To unclose itself; to be unclosed; to be parted.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. Psalms 106:17.
2. To begin to appear. As we sailed round the point, the harbor opened to our view.
3. To commence; to begin. sales of stock open at par.
4. To bark; a term in hunting.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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