The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ὀπή

Lemmaὀπή
Citation formὀπή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa crevice, cave
Strong’sG3692
Transliterationopḗ
Definitiona hole (as if for light), i.e. cavern; by analogy, a spring (of water)
KJV glosses:--cave, place.
Derivationprobably from
SBLGNT occurrences2

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ὀπαῖς
noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-)Hebrews 11:38
ὀπῆς
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)James 3:11

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: οπη.