Strong G5327φάραγξ
valley
- Transliteration
- pharagx
- Pronunciation
- far'-anx
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
φάραγξ, -αγγος, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for נַחַל, also for גַּיְא, etc.;]
a chasm, ravine: Luk.3:5 (LXX) (see DB, iv, 845 f.).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נַחַל, also for גַּיְא, etc.;]
a chasm, ravine: Luk.3:5 (LXX) (see DB, iv, 845 f.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5327 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- valley1
First verses
- Luke 3:5Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
φάραγξ [ᾰ], αγγος, ἡ,
cleft, chasm, especially in a mountain side, ravine, gully, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 60.1 (_plural_); φ. πρὸς δυσχειμέρῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 15, compare 142 (_anapaest meter_), +others, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 277, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.13, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.5.2 (_plural_), “Schwyzer” 289.161 (Priene, 2nd c.BC))], etc.; πᾶσα φ. πληρωθήσεται [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Isa.40.4; πάντας.. ἐς φάραγγα ἐσέβαλον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.67; ἐν πύλαισι γὰρ σταθεὶς φάραγγος)]of the cave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 668)]; φάραγγα δακτύλου πιάσματι σύρει, of shaping a roll before it is baked, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 75.11:— _metaphorically_, of Cleon, φάραγγα καὶ Χάρυβδιν ἁρπαγῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 248 (troch.).)]
II metaphorically, of the anus, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus 2.2.)]
cleft, chasm, especially in a mountain side, ravine, gully, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 60.1 (_plural_); φ. πρὸς δυσχειμέρῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 15, compare 142 (_anapaest meter_), +others, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 277, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.13, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.5.2 (_plural_), “Schwyzer” 289.161 (Priene, 2nd c.BC))], etc.; πᾶσα φ. πληρωθήσεται [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Isa.40.4; πάντας.. ἐς φάραγγα ἐσέβαλον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.67; ἐν πύλαισι γὰρ σταθεὶς φάραγγος)]of the cave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 668)]; φάραγγα δακτύλου πιάσματι σύρει, of shaping a roll before it is baked, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 75.11:— _metaphorically_, of Cleon, φάραγγα καὶ Χάρυβδιν ἁρπαγῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 248 (troch.).)]
II metaphorically, of the anus, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus 2.2.)]