26 occurrences in 13 translations

'Open' in the Bible

"To the messenger of the church in Philadelphia, write: "The one who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens a door that no one can shut, and who shuts a door that no one can open, "says this:

Verse ConceptsTruthHonestyKeysThe Act Of OpeningChrist, Character OfTypes Of ChristChurch, Examples OfOpening To OthersShutting The KingdomWriting Letters

After this I looked, and there in heaven was an open door. The first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

Verse ConceptsNecessityHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansThe Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenGoing Up To HeavenTrumpets For SignallingPredicting The FutureGod's VoiceSpecial RevelationGoing To HeavenRainbowPurgatoryThe Rapturerevelation

I saw in the right hand of Him who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the back, closed and sealed with seven seals.

Verse ConceptsBooksScrollsThroneSevenSeven ThingsInside And OutSealing The MessageGod Sitting In GloryBooks In ProphecyFront And Back

And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

Verse ConceptsWithheld KnowledgeSecret ThingsGoing To Heavenrevelation

And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

Verse ConceptsWeepingWorthinessMourning In Regret

Then I saw the Lamb open one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”

Verse ConceptsThunderFour CreaturesSeven ThingsThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsComing To GodThunder Showing God's Presence

When He (the Lamb) broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse [of famine]; and the rider had in his hand a pair of scales (a balance).

Verse ConceptsDivine BalancesBlackWeighingThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsComing To GodBlack AnimalsThird PersonRight Measuresbalance

When He (the Lamb) broke open the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, “Come.”

Verse ConceptsFractions, One FourthThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsComing To GodFourth

When He (the Lamb) broke open the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour [in awe of God’s impending judgment].

Verse ConceptsHourMutenessSealsSilenceDramaSeventhHalf An HourThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsGoing To Heavenspace

and he did open the pit of the abyss, and there came up a smoke out of the pit as smoke of a great furnace, and darkened was the sun and the air, from the smoke of the pit.

Verse ConceptsAbyssFurnacesAirThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsKeysDarkness During Daytime

And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

Verse ConceptsFeetScrollsThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsBooks In ProphecyOther Right PartsLeft Hand Side

And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening Documents

And their dead bodies will lie exposed in the open street of the great city (Jerusalem), which in a spiritual sense is called [by the symbolic and allegorical names of] Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

Verse ConceptsBabylonCondemnation Of BabylonChrist Was KilledCorpses Of Other PeopleSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionHoly CityThe Two Witnesses

And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of lightning, loud rumblings and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm.

Verse ConceptsearthquakesHailLightningSymbolsTheophanyThunderArk Of The Covenant, PurposeThe Ark In The TempleThe Act Of OpeningOpening The TempleThe Temple In HeavenArk Of The CovenantWorship In Heaven During TribulationThe First TempleThunder Showing God's Presence

and the land did help the woman, and the land did open its mouth and did swallow up the river, that the dragon did cast forth out of his mouth;

Verse ConceptsOther References To MouthsGod HelpsBeing Overwhelmedhelpingwoman

and it did open its mouth for evil-speaking toward God, to speak evil of His name, and of His tabernacle, and of those who in the heaven tabernacle,

Verse ConceptsSatan, As The Enemy Of GodHeaven, God's HabitationProfaning God's NameBlasphemy

After these things, I looked, and the Temple, which is the Tent of Testimony in heaven, was open!

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening The TempleThe Temple In Heaven

I saw the dead, both unimportant and important, standing in front of the throne, and books were open. Another book was opened the Book of Life. The dead were judged according to their actions, as recorded in the books.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGuilt, Human Aspects OfDestinySmallnessStandingJudgmentWhat Heaven Will Be LikeThe Judgement InvolvesThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsThe Final JudgementGreat And SmallRepaid For DeedsJudgment According To WorksAccountabilityJudgement DayJudging Others Actionsdeeds

Bible Theasaurus

Afford (14 instances)
Gaping (4 instances)
Outdoors (5 instances)
Spread (323 instances)
Surface (112 instances)
Unfold (5 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
παῤῥησία 
Parrhesia 
Usage: 29

ἀνακαλύπτω 
Anakalupto 
Usage: 2

ἀναπτύσσω 
Anaptusso 
Usage: 1

ἀνοίγω 
Anoigo 
Usage: 62

ἄνοιξις 
Anoixis 
Usage: 1

δημόσιος 
Demosios 
Usage: 4

διανοίγω 
Dianoigo 
Usage: 8

ἐμφανής 
Emphanes 
Usage: 2

παραδειγματίζω 
Paradeigmatizo 
Usage: 2

πρόδηλος 
Prodelos 
Usage: 3

σχίζω 
Schizo 
Usage: 9

τραχηλίζω 
Trachelizo 
Usage: 1

φανερός 
Phaneros 
Usage: 15

φανερῶς 
Phaneros 
Usage: 3

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

King James Version Public Domain