King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3692
Transliteration: opē
Phonetic Spelling: (op-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an opening, a hole
Meaning: an opening, a hole
ὀπή, ὀπῆς, ἡ (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.)
Word Summary
opē: an opening, a hole
Original Word: ὀπήTransliteration: opē
Phonetic Spelling: (op-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an opening, a hole
Meaning: an opening, a hole
Strong's 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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3692: ὀπήὀπή, ὀπῆς, ἡ (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.)