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Date "EPHPHATHA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1611. (references)

Specialty Definition: EPHPHATHA

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BibleEphphatha 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.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

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