Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

ἀνοίγω

Vocabulary form: 
ajnoivgw
Definition: 

I open

Frequency: 
77
GK: 
487
Root: 
ajnuoig
Forms: 
ajnoivxw, ajnevw/xa or hjnevw/xa or h[noixa, ajnevw/ga, ajnevw/gmai, ajnewv/cqhn or hjnoivcqhn
Mnemonic Singing: 

Open my eyes that I may see
glimpses of truth thou hast for me.

Notes: 

This verb was originally a compound verb, and at times it is augmented as if it still were compound, and at other times as if it were a simple verb. You also can see two augments in places.

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 2:11 Upon entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and falling to their knees they worshiped him. Then opening (anoixantes | ἀνοίξαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) their treasure chests, they presented him with gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Matthew 3:16 And when Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up from the water, the heavens were opened (ēneōchthēsan | ἠνεῴχθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl), and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him.
Matthew 5:2 And he opened (anoixas | ἀνοίξας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) his mouth and began to teach them, saying:
Matthew 7:7 “Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened (anoigēsetai | ἀνοιγήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) for you.
Matthew 7:8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who seeks finds, and for everyone who knocks it will be opened (anoigēsetai | ἀνοιγήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg).
Matthew 9:30 And their eyes were opened (ēneōchthēsan | ἠνεῴχθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl). Then Jesus sternly charged them, “See that no one knows about this.”
Matthew 13:35 so that what was spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, “I will open (anoixō | ἀνοίξω | fut act ind 1 sg) my mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”
Matthew 17:27 But lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. When you have opened (anoixas | ἀνοίξας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin; take it and give it to them for the two of us.”
Matthew 20:33 They said to him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.” (anoigōsin | ἀνοιγῶσιν | aor pass subj 3 pl)
Matthew 25:11 Later the other virgins came, saying, ‘Sir! Sir! Open (anoixon | ἄνοιξον | aor act imperative 2 sg) the door for us.’
Matthew 27:52 the tombs were opened (aneōchthēsan | ἀνεῴχθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl), and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
Mark 7:35 And immediately the man’s ears were opened (ēnoigēsan | ἠνοίγησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl), that which bound his tongue was loosened, and he began to speak clearly.
Luke 1:64 Instantly his mouth was opened (aneōchthē | ἀνεῴχθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) and his tongue loosed (aneōchthē | ἀνεῴχθη | aor pass ind 3 sg), and he began to speak, praising God.
Luke 3:21 Now when all the people had been baptized, and when Jesus was baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened (aneōchthēnai | ἀνεῳχθῆναι | aor pass inf ),
Luke 11:9 “So to you I say, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened (anoigēsetai | ἀνοιγήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) for you.
Luke 11:10 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who seeks finds, and for everyone who knocks it will be opened (anoigēsetai | ἀνοιγήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg).
Luke 12:36 and be like men waiting for their master to come home from the wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they (anoixōsin | ἀνοίξωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl) will (anoixōsin | ἀνοίξωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl) open (anoixōsin | ἀνοίξωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl) the door for him immediately.
Luke 13:25 “Once the owner of the house has risen and shut the door, and you are left standing outside, knocking at the door, saying, ‘Sir, open (anoixon | ἄνοιξον | aor act imperative 2 sg) the door for us!’ then he will respond to you, ‘I do not know you or where you are from.’
John 1:51 Then he said to him, “I tell you the solemn truth: you will see heaven standing (aneōgota | ἀνεῳγότα | perf act ptcp acc sg masc) open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
John 9:10 So they asked him, “How then were your eyes opened?” (ēneōchthēsan | ἠνεῴχθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl)
John 9:14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened (aneōxen | ἀνέῳξεν | aor act ind 3 sg) his eyes.
John 9:17 So they spoke again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since it was your eyes that he opened?” (ēneōxen | ἠνέῳξεν | aor act ind 3 sg) The man replied, “He is a prophet.”
John 9:21 but how it is that he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened (ēnoixen | ἤνοιξεν | aor act ind 3 sg) his eyes. Ask him, he is an adult. He will speak for himself.”
John 9:26 Therefore they said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open (ēnoixen | ἤνοιξεν | aor act ind 3 sg) your eyes?”
John 9:30 The man responded to them, saying, “This is an amazing thing, that you do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened (ēnoixen | ἤνοιξεν | aor act ind 3 sg) my eyes!
John 9:32 Not since time began has it been heard that anyone opened (ēneōxen | ἠνέῳξεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the eyes of a man born blind.
John 10:3 The watchman allows (anoigei | ἀνοίγει | pres act ind 3 sg) him to enter (anoigei | ἀνοίγει | pres act ind 3 sg), and the sheep pay attention to his voice; he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
John 10:21 Others were saying, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open (anoixai | ἀνοῖξαι | aor act inf ) the eyes of the blind?”
John 11:37 But some of them said, “Was not this man, who could (anoixas | ἀνοίξας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) open (anoixas | ἀνοίξας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) the eyes of the blind man, able to do something so that Lazarus would not have died?”
Acts 5:19 But an angel of the Lord during the night opened (anoixas | ἀνοίξας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) the doors of the prison and brought them out and said,
Acts 5:23 saying, “We found the prison locked with every security and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened (anoixantes | ἀνοίξαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) it we found no one inside.”
Acts 8:32 Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: “As a sheep to the slaughter he was led, and as a lamb dumb before its shearer, so he (anoigei | ἀνοίγει | pres act ind 3 sg) opens (anoigei | ἀνοίγει | pres act ind 3 sg) not his mouth.
Acts 8:35 Then Philip opened (anoixas | ἀνοίξας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he announced the good news to him, Jesus.
Acts 9:8 So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open (aneōgmenōn | ἀνεῳγμένων | perf pass ptcp gen pl masc), he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.
Acts 9:40 But Peter put them all outside, and falling to his knees he prayed; then turning toward the dead body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” And she opened (ēnoixen | ἤνοιξεν | aor act ind 3 sg) her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
Acts 10:11 and he saw the heavens opened (aneōgmenon | ἀνεῳγμένον | perf pass ptcp acc sg masc) and certain object descending, like a great sheet, being let down by its four corners upon the earth.
Acts 10:34 So Peter opened (anoixas | ἀνοίξας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God is not one who shows partiality;
Acts 12:10 When they had passed the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which of its own accord opened (ēnoigē | ἠνοίγη | aor pass ind 3 sg) for them, and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel left him.
Acts 12:14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she (ēnoixen | ἤνοιξεν | aor act ind 3 sg) did (ēnoixen | ἤνοιξεν | aor act ind 3 sg) not open (ēnoixen | ἤνοιξεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the gate, but ran back inside and reported that Peter was standing at the gate.
Acts 12:16 But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened (anoixantes | ἀνοίξαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc), they saw him and were astonished.
Acts 14:27 And when they arrived, and had gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them and how he had opened (ēnoixen | ἤνοιξεν | aor act ind 3 sg) a door of faith to the Gentiles.
Acts 16:26 Suddenly there was a violent earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were (ēneōchthēsan | ἠνεῴχθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) opened (ēneōchthēsan | ἠνεῴχθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) and everyone’s chains were unfastened.
Acts 16:27 When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing (aneōgmenas | ἀνεῳγμένας | perf pass ptcp acc pl fem) open (aneōgmenas | ἀνεῳγμένας | perf pass ptcp acc pl fem), he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, for he thought the prisoners had escaped.
Acts 18:14 But when Paul was about to open (anoigein | ἀνοίγειν | pres act inf ) his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or a serious piece of villainy, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you.
Acts 26:18 to open (anoixai | ἀνοῖξαι | aor act inf ) their eyes, that they turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open (aneōgmenos | ἀνεῳγμένος | perf pass ptcp nom sg masc) grave; with their tongues they deceive; the poison of asps is under their lips;
1 Corinthians 16:9 for a door that offers wide and effective ministry stands (aneōgen | ἀνέῳγεν | perf act ind 3 sg) open (aneōgen | ἀνέῳγεν | perf act ind 3 sg) for me, although there are many adversaries.
2 Corinthians 2:12 When I came to Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though (aneōgmenēs | ἀνεῳγμένης | perf pass ptcp gen sg fem) a door had (aneōgmenēs | ἀνεῳγμένης | perf pass ptcp gen sg fem) been (aneōgmenēs | ἀνεῳγμένης | perf pass ptcp gen sg fem) opened (aneōgmenēs | ἀνεῳγμένης | perf pass ptcp gen sg fem) for me by the Lord,
2 Corinthians 6:11 We (aneōgen | ἀνέῳγεν | perf act ind 3 sg) have (aneōgen | ἀνέῳγεν | perf act ind 3 sg) opened (aneōgen | ἀνέῳγεν | perf act ind 3 sg) our mouth freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide.
Colossians 4:3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God will open (anoixē | ἀνοίξῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) a door for our message, so that we may declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains;

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