2 Corinthians 6:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν ἀνέῳγεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, Κορίνθιοι, ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν πεπλάτυνται.

Transliteration

The stoma of us aneōgen pros you, Korinthioi, the kardia of us peplatyntai.

Grammar Details

*stoma*: nominative, neuter, singular - mouth
*aneōgen*: perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - has been opened
*pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
*Korinthioi*: vocative, masculine, plural - Corinthians
*kardia*: nominative, feminine, singular - heart
*peplatyntai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular - has been enlarged/broadened

Word Meanings

*stoma*: mouth/opening/speech
*aneōgen*: has been opened/is open/stands open
*kardia*: heart/mind/inner being/center of feelings
*peplatyntai*: has been enlarged/broadened/widened/expanded

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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:32 : 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will most gladly spend and be spent for {G5590} your souls. If {G2532} I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
Gal 3:1 : 1 O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?
Eph 6:8 : 8 knowing that whatsoever {G3739} good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.
Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:15 : 15 And ye yourselves also know, ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving but ye only;
Rev 22:12 : 12 {G2532} Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.
Hab 2:5 : 5 Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.
2 Cor 2:4 : 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you.
2 Cor 7:3-4 : 3 I say it not to condemn [you]: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together. 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
1 Sam 2:1 : 1 And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in Jehovah; My horn is exalted in Jehovah; My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; Because I rejoice in thy salvation.
Job 32:20 : 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
Job 33:2-3 : 2 Behold now, I have opened my mouth; My tongue hath spoken in my mouth. 3 My words [shall utter] the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
Ps 51:15 : 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

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