James 3:11

The noun ὀπή designates an “aperture, opening, or vent” (often in walls, roofs, or architectural structures), rather than a hole in the ground. For ground-depressions Greek more typically employs βόθρος (“pit, trench, cesspit”), λάκκος (“pit, hollow, natural or dug cavity”), or ὀρύγμα (“excavation, dug hole”). Thus ὀπή is better understood as an “eye-like opening” (cf. ὄψομαι), rather than a subterranean cavity.