King James Version
Mark 7:34 in the King James Version says “And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.” — study this verse from Mark chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.”
Mark 7:34 · KJV
And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“to”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
“heaven”
G3772the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of god); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the gospel (christianity)
“he sighed”
G4727to make (intransitively, be) in straits, i.e., (by implication) to sigh, murmur, pray inaudibly
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“saith”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“unto him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“Be opened”
G1272to open thoroughly, literally (as a first-born) or figuratively (to expound)
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