ope denotes an opening, whether in the ground or at a spring’s outlet.

The attested use denotes a physical opening: Hebrews 11:38 places such openings in the ground among places of wandering, while James 3:11 refers to the single outlet from which a spring pours water.

1. Physical opening or outlet · dominant

   In Hebrews 11:38, the dative plural form occurs in a sequence of places where the wanderers went; the APB renders the setting as “caves and holes in the ground.” In James 3:11, the genitive singular form belongs to the phrase about the same opening from which a spring pours sweet and bitter water; the APB renders it “the same opening.”

   Hebrews 11:38James 3:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “holes in the ground” in Hebrews 11:38 and as “the same opening” in James 3:11. These renderings confirm the physical-opening context without fixing a separate English equivalent for each form.