Bible Names

Ephphatha: meaning of the name

Ephphatha means “be opened.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Ephphatha in Hebrew and Greek

ἐφφαθά G2188

ephphathá — be opened!

of Chaldee origin (H06606);

Ephphatha in Scripture

“Ephphatha” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Mark 7:34

    And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.