adjective
plateias
Greekπλατεῖα (plateia)
Strong’sG4113
a street
stem platei-7 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πλατεία, -ας, ἡ, v.s. πλατύς.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4113 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidplat-i'-ah
a wide "plat" or "place", i.e. open square
Fromfeminine of G4116;
King Jamesstreet.
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 | plateios | plateias2×πλατεῖα | plateiem | plateiois | plateiais | plateieim |
| object accusative | plateion | plateian | plateioin | plateiain3×πλατείας | ||
| direct address vocative | plateior | plateiar | plateioir | plateiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | plateiou | plateiau2×πλατείας | plateieu | plateioiu | plateiaiu | plateieiu |
| to, for dative | plateio | plateia | plateie | plateioi | plateiai | plateiei |
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
platei 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
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
plateias“wide”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 7:13“wide”Eiserchavar dia tau stenau pulau; hoti plateias tas pulas kai euruchōras tas hodas tas apagarōtas eis tan apōleian, kai pollois alō tois eisercherōtois dia autau;Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Revelation 21:21“street”kai tois dōdeka pulōnois dōdeka margaritois, ana henos hekastos toiu pulōnoiu ate ek henou margaritou; kai tas plateias tau politau chrusiem katharem hōs hualos diaugos.And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.
plateiau“street”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Revelation 11:8“street”kai tem ptōmem autoiu epi tau plateiau tau politau tau megau, hotinas kalitō pneumatikōs Sodomeim kai Aiguptas, hopou kai tos kurios autoiu staurita.Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city — figuratively called Sodom and Egypt — where their Lord was also crucified.
Revelation 22:2“street”en mese tau plateiau autau; kai tou potamou enteuthen kai ekeithen xulem zōau poiarōtem karpoin dōdeka, kata mēnon hekaston apodōarōtem ton karpon auteu, kai teim fulleim teu xuleu eis therapeian teiu ethneiu.down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
plateiain“streets”objectaccusative plural3×
Luke 10:10“streets”eis han de an politan eiserchaveia kai mē decheleiō vin, exercharatois eis tain plateiain autau legavar;But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,
Luke 14:21“streets”kai paragineratos tos doulos apangellata to kurio autou houteim. tote orgiziratos tos oikodespotos legata to doulo autou; Exerchasar tacheōs eis tain plateiain kai rumain tau politau, kai toin ptōchoin kai anapēroin kai tufloin kai chōloin eisagasar hōde.The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
Acts 5:15“streets”hōste kai eis tain plateiain ekferarō toin asthenoin kai titharō epi klinarieiu kai krabattoiu, hina ercherōtou Petrou kan tas skias episkiazateia tino autoiu.As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.