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open

Meaning of “open”

Sense 1: Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest. Sense 2: As a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.

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124 occurrences123 verses35 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:20

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Psalms 118:19
open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 118:19 · retained source text

Open to mee the gates of righteousnesse: I will goe into them, and I will praise the LORD:

Psalms 119:18
open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 119:18 · retained source text

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wonderous things out of thy Law.

1611 marginal noteHeb. reueale.

Proverbs 13:16
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 13:16 · retained source text

Euery prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a foole layeth open his folly.

1611 marginal noteHeb. spreadeth.

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.23. & 15.2.

Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 20:13 · retained source text

Loue not sleepe, lest thou come to pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

1611 marginal noteChap. 19.15. and 12.11.

Proverbs 31:8
open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 31:8 · retained source text

Open thy mouth for the dumbe in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the sonnes of destruction.

Proverbs 31:9
open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 31:9 · retained source text

Open thy mouth, iudge righteously, and plead the cause of the poore and needy.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 19.15. deut. 1.16.

Song of Solomon 5:2
¶ I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 5:2 · retained source text

¶ I sleepe, but my heart waketh: it is the voyce of my beloued that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my loue, my doue, my vndefiled: for my head is filled with dewe, and my lockes with the drops of the night.

Song of Solomon 5:5
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Song of Solomon 5:5 · retained source text

I rose vp to open to my beloued, and my hands dropped with myrrhe, and my fingers with sweete smelling myrrhe, vpon the handles of the locke.

1611 marginal noteHeb. passing, or running about.

Isaiah 9:12
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 9:12 · retained source text

The Syrians before, and the Philistines behinde, and they shall deuoure Israel with open mouth: for all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

1611 marginal noteHeb. with whole mouth.

1611 marginal noteChap.5.25. & 10.4

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