GREEK · G2188
ἐφφαθά
ephphatha — open!
ἐφφαθά (Aram. אֶתְפְּתח, see Abbott, Essays, 142 ff.; DCG, i, 522) ephphatha, be opened: Mrk.7:34.† (AS)
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Ephphatha
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
The Greek form of a Syro-Chaldaic or Aramaic word, meaning “Be opened,” uttered by Christ when healing the man who was deaf and dumb (Mark 7:34). It is one of the characteristics of Mark that he uses the very Aramaic words which fell from our Lord’s lips. (See 3:17; 5:41; 7:11; 14:36; 15:34.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.