3692. opé
Strong's Concordance
opé: an opening, a hole
Original Word: ὀπή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: opé
Phonetic Spelling: (op-ay')
Short Definition: a crevice, cave
Definition: a crevice (in a rock), a cave, an opening, hole.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3692: ὀπή

ὀπή, ὀπῆς, (perhaps from ὄψ (root ὀπ (see ὁράω); cf. Curtius, § 627)), properly, through which one can see (Pollux (2, 53, p. 179) ὀπή, δἰ ἧς ἐστιν ἰδεῖν, cf. German Luke, Loch (?)), an opening, aperture (used of a window, Song of Solomon 5:4): of fissures in the earth, James 3:11 (Exodus 33:22); of caves in rocks or mountains, Hebrews 11:38 (here R. V. holes); Obadiah 1:3. (Of various other kinds of holes and openings, in Aristophanes, Aristotle, others.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cave, place.

Probably from optanomai; a hole (as if for light), i.e. Cavern; by analogy, a spring (of water) -- cave, place.

see GREEK optanomai

Forms and Transliterations
οπαις οπαίς ὀπαῖς οπή οπήν οπης οπής ὀπῆς οπήτιον οπητίω οπών opais opaîs opes opês opēs opē̂s
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2 Occurrences


ὀπαῖς — 1 Occ.
ὀπῆς — 1 Occ.

Hebrews 11:38 N-DFP
GRK: καὶ ταῖς ὀπαῖς τῆς γῆς
NAS: and caves and holes in the ground.
KJV: [in] dens and caves of the earth.
INT: and in the holes of the earth

James 3:11 N-GFS
GRK: τῆς αὐτῆς ὀπῆς βρύει τὸ
NAS: out from the same opening [both] fresh
KJV: at the same place sweet [water] and
INT: of the same opening pours forth

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