verb
effathomō
Strong’sG2188
be opened up
stem effath-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ἐφφαθά
(Aram. אֶתְפְּתח, v. Abbott, Essays, 142 ff.; DCG, i, 522)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2188 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidef-fath-ah'
be opened!
Fromof Chaldee origin ();
King JamesEphphatha.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| effathisarΕφφαθα | happened · youaorist passive imperative 2nd person singular | ephphatha | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | effathomō | effathome | effathomē | effathomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | effathosō | effathose | effathosē | effathoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | effathotō | effathote | effathotē | effathotelē |
| we 1st person plural | effathonō | effathone | effathonē | effathonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | effathovō | effathove | effathovē | effathovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | effatholō | effathole | effatholē | effatholelē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | effathimi | effathima |
| you 2nd person singular | effathisi | effathisa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | effathiti | effathita |
| we 1st person plural | effathini | effathina |
| ye 2nd person plural | effathivi | effathiva |
| they 3rd person plural | effathili | effathila |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | effathomeiō | effathomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | effathoseiō | effathoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | effathoteiō | effathoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | effathoneiō | effathoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | effathoveiō | effathoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | effatholeiō | effatholeiē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | effathimeia |
| you 2nd person singular | effathiseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | effathiteia |
| we 1st person plural | effathineia |
| ye 2nd person plural | effathiveia |
| they 3rd person plural | effathileia |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | effathosōr | effathosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | effathotōr | effathotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | effathovōr | effathovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | effatholōr | effatholēr |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | effathisar1×Εφφαθα |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | effathitar |
| ye 2nd person plural | effathivar |
| they 3rd person plural | effathilar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | effathomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | effathosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | effathotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | effathonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | effathovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | effatholoiō |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | effathimoia |
| you 2nd person singular | effathisoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | effathitoia |
| we 1st person plural | effathinoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | effathivoia |
| they 3rd person plural | effathiloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | effathorō | effathorē | ||
| acted on passive voice | effathiri | effathira |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | effathorōntos | effathorēntos | ||
| acted on passive voice | effathirintos | effathirantos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
effath is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
effathisar“ephphatha”happened · youaorist passive imperative 2nd person singular1×
Mark 7:34… ton ouranon stenazata, kai legatō auto; Effathisar, hem atō Dianoigisar;… sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!” ).