noun · neuter
pelagem
Greekπέλαγος (pelagos)
Strong’sG3989
the sea, the deep
stem pelag-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** πέλαγος, -ους, τό,
[in LXX: II Mac 5:21, IV Mac 7:1*;]
SYN.: θαλάσσα (q.v.); and cf. ἄβυσσος.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3989 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpel'-ag-os
deep or open sea, i.e. the main
Fromof uncertain affinity;
King Jamesdepth, sea.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | pelagem | pelageim |
| of, belonging to genitive | pelageu | pelageiu |
| to, for dative | pelage1×πελάγει | pelagei |
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
pelage 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
pelage“depth”to, fordative singular1×
Matthew 18:6“depth”Hos de an skandalizateia henon toiu mikroiu houtoiu toiu pisteuarōtoiu eis min, sumferatō auto hina kremannuiteia mulos onikos eis ton trachēlon autou kai katapontiziteia en te pelage tau thalassau.But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
pelagem1×
Acts 27:5“open sea”tem tē pelagem tem kata tan Kilikian kai Pamfulian diaplaratois katerchana eis Mureim tau Lukiau.And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.