STRONGS G3692:
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.)
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