Strong G4114πλάτος
width
- Transliteration
- platos
- Pronunciation
- plat'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G4116; width: - breadth.
Detailed definition
πλάτος, -ους, τό
[in LXX chiefly for רֹחַב;]
breadth: Eph.3:18, Rev.21:16; τ. π. τῆς γῆς (Hab.1:6, מֶרְחָב), Rev.20:9.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for רֹחַב;]
breadth: Eph.3:18, Rev.21:16; τ. π. τῆς γῆς (Hab.1:6, מֶרְחָב), Rev.20:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4114 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- breadth3
First verses
- Ephesians 3:18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
- Revelation 20:9And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
- Revelation 21:16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πλάτος [ᾰ], εος, τό,
(πλατύς)
A breadth, width, σώματος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 188, etc.: _absolutely_, τὸ π. or π.,)] in breadth. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193, 4.195, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.3; ἴση μῆκός τε π. τε 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.20.)]
A.b in Mathematics texts, breadth, i.e. the second dimension, ἐν μήκει καὶ π. καὶ βάθει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 235d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 209a5)]; κατὰ π., opposed to κατὰ μῆκος, κατὰ βάθος, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cael.” 299b26, “Mete.” 341b34.)]
A.2 plane surface, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 284e, “Lg.” 819e; μεγέθους τὸ ἐπὶ δύο [συνεχὲς] π. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1020a12.)]
A.3 latitude, whether terrestrial or celestial, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.4.2, 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.4, 2.4, 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 2.12, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 30.12.)]
A.4 metaphorically, plane, ἐν τῷ ψυχικῷ π. [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 201.)]
A.5 plane of flat fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 489b33)]; flat of the tail, [Refs ([prev. work] 549b1)]; flat part of the body of the fishing-frog, [Refs ([prev. author] “PA” 695b15.)]
A.6 extension, breadth of a subject, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.316; οὐκ ὀλίγον τὸ π. [prev. author] 11.738.)]
A.7 ={πλάτας}, Judeich [Refs (_Altertümervon Hierapolis_ No.322, +others)]
A.II metaphorically, range of variation, latitude, π. ἔχειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.3.20; ἡ ὑγίεια π. ἔχει 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.12, compare11.737.)]
A.III with Preps., ἐν πλάτει in a loose sense, broadly, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.8.42, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.1.39, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 21, “Etymologicum Magnum” 673.24)]; opposed to κατ᾽ ἀκρίβειαν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.108; ὡς ἐν π. 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.24 (but περὶ ὧν ἐν τῷ π. λέγομεν)] which we will discuss in detail, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.76))]; also ἐπὶ πλάτει Ἑλληνίζειν talk loose Greek, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 2.9)]; κατὰ πλάτος λέγεσθαι to be said loosely, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.164, compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.6, 21.)]
A.IV ={πλατύτης}[Refs 4th c.BC+ (3, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 177.)]
A.V π. καρδίας, of Solomon, width of knowledge, [LXX (LXX.3Ki.2.35a.)]
A.VI ἀργυρίου πλάτη, ={δραχμαί}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“IG” 9(1).189.15 (Tithora, 2nd c.AD).)]
(πλατύς)
A breadth, width, σώματος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 188, etc.: _absolutely_, τὸ π. or π.,)] in breadth. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193, 4.195, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.3; ἴση μῆκός τε π. τε 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.20.)]
A.b in Mathematics texts, breadth, i.e. the second dimension, ἐν μήκει καὶ π. καὶ βάθει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 235d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 209a5)]; κατὰ π., opposed to κατὰ μῆκος, κατὰ βάθος, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cael.” 299b26, “Mete.” 341b34.)]
A.2 plane surface, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 284e, “Lg.” 819e; μεγέθους τὸ ἐπὶ δύο [συνεχὲς] π. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1020a12.)]
A.3 latitude, whether terrestrial or celestial, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.4.2, 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.4, 2.4, 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 2.12, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 30.12.)]
A.4 metaphorically, plane, ἐν τῷ ψυχικῷ π. [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 201.)]
A.5 plane of flat fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 489b33)]; flat of the tail, [Refs ([prev. work] 549b1)]; flat part of the body of the fishing-frog, [Refs ([prev. author] “PA” 695b15.)]
A.6 extension, breadth of a subject, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.316; οὐκ ὀλίγον τὸ π. [prev. author] 11.738.)]
A.7 ={πλάτας}, Judeich [Refs (_Altertümervon Hierapolis_ No.322, +others)]
A.II metaphorically, range of variation, latitude, π. ἔχειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.3.20; ἡ ὑγίεια π. ἔχει 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.12, compare11.737.)]
A.III with Preps., ἐν πλάτει in a loose sense, broadly, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.8.42, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.1.39, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 21, “Etymologicum Magnum” 673.24)]; opposed to κατ᾽ ἀκρίβειαν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.108; ὡς ἐν π. 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.24 (but περὶ ὧν ἐν τῷ π. λέγομεν)] which we will discuss in detail, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.76))]; also ἐπὶ πλάτει Ἑλληνίζειν talk loose Greek, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 2.9)]; κατὰ πλάτος λέγεσθαι to be said loosely, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.164, compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.6, 21.)]
A.IV ={πλατύτης}[Refs 4th c.BC+ (3, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 177.)]
A.V π. καρδίας, of Solomon, width of knowledge, [LXX (LXX.3Ki.2.35a.)]
A.VI ἀργυρίου πλάτη, ={δραχμαί}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“IG” 9(1).189.15 (Tithora, 2nd c.AD).)]