adjective
leias
Greekλεῖος (leios)
Strong’sG3006
smooth, level
stem lei-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
λεῖος, -εία, -εῖον,
[in LXX: Ge 27:11, I Ki 17:40 R (חָלָק, חַלּוּק); ὁδὸς λ., Is 40:4 Α (בִּקְעָה); Pr 2:20 12:13 26:23*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3006 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidli'-os
smooth, i.e. "level"
Fromapparently a primary word;
King Jamessmooth.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | leios | leias | leiem | leiois | leiais | leieim |
| object accusative | leion | leian | leioin | leiain1×λείας | ||
| direct address vocative | leior | leiar | leioir | leiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | leiou | leiau | leieu | leioiu | leiaiu | leieiu |
| to, for dative | leio | leia | leie | leioi | leiai | leiei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
lei is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
leiain“smooth”objectaccusative plural1×
Luke 3:5“smooth”pantas faranxas plēriti kai pantem orem kai bounos tapeiniti, kai eti teim skolieim eis euthuan kai tais trachuais eis hodain leiain;Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.