ὀπή
opē · hole, opening
Greek word · Strong’s number G3692 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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opē (ὀπή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “hole, opening”.
A cave or a crack in the ground or rock.
How to say it
o·pē
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The mouth from which a spring's water flows.
- Hollows in rock or earth where one hides.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- holes ×1
- opening ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Hebrews 11:38
—of whom the world was not worthy— wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and the holes in the ground.
- James 3:11
A spring does not pour forth from the same opening the sweet and the bitter, does it?