ὀπή G3692
hole, opening, or cave in rock or earth
This noun refers to natural openings or holes—whether in rock, earth, or doors. Greek literature uses it widely: mouse holes, roof openings for chimneys, architectural beam-holes, even body orifices. In Scripture it appears in Hebrews 11:38, describing the caves and holes where persecuted faithful hid, and in James 3:11, where a spring's opening serves as a metaphor for the mouth. The word captures the idea of an aperture or cavity through which something passes or is concealed.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Both biblical uses involve natural openings. Hebrews 11:38 speaks of believers wandering 'in holes and caves of the earth'—the translations consistently render the plural as 'holes,' 'opening,' 'caverns' (Spanish 'abertura, cavernas'), emphasizing places of refuge. James 3:11 asks rhetorically whether a spring sends fresh and bitter water from the same 'opening'—the multilingual evidence aligns on the idea of an orifice or aperture. The semantic range spans from refuge-holes in rock to the mouth of a spring. 2×
AR["الفَتحَةِ", "شُقُوق"]·ben["গর্তে", "ছিদ্রে"]·DE["Hoehlen"]·EN["holes", "opening"]·FR["cavernes"]·heb["נְקָרוֹת", "פֶּתַח"]·HI["छेद-से", "दरारों"]·ID["lubang", "lubang,"]·IT["opais", "opēs"]·jav["bolongan,", "longan-longan"]·KO["구멍들에", "구멍에서,"]·PT["abertura", "fendas"]·RU["отверстия,", "расселинам"]·ES["abertura", "cavernas"]·SW["mashimo", "tundu"]·TR["açıklıktan", "oyuklarında"]·urd["سوراخوں-میں", "سوراخ٬"]
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H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
Referencia BDB / Léxico
ὀπή, ἡ, opening, hole, ὀπὰς γὰρ εἶχεν οὐκ ὀλίγας [τὸ τριβώνιον] Refs 5th c.BC+; a mouse's hole, Refs 5th c.BC+; of holes in the earth, Refs 4th c.BC+; in a door, Refs 2nd c.AD+; in a rock, LXX; of an orifice in the body, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2 hole in the roof, serving as a chimney, ={κάπνη},{καπνοδόκη}, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II plural, in Architecture texts, holes in the frieze left to receive the…