noun · neuter
platem
Greekπλάτος (platos)
Strong’sG4114
breadth
stem plat-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πλάτος, -ους, τό,
[in LXX chiefly for רֹחַב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4114 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidplat'-os
width
Fromfrom G4116;
King Jamesbreadth.
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 | platem3×πλάτος | plateim |
| of, belonging to genitive | plateu | plateiu |
| to, for dative | plate | platei |
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
plate 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
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
platem“width”subject or objectdirect singular3×
Ephesians 3:18“breadth”hina exischuaveia katalambera sun pantoi toi hagioi tinem tem platem kai mēkem kai hupsem kai bathem,will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth
Revelation 21:16“width”kai tas politas tetragōnas keietō, kai tem mēkem autau hosem tem platem. kai metrata tan politan to kalamo epi stadioin dōdeka chiliadaiu; tem mēkem kai tem platem kai tem hupsem autau iseim atō.The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal — 12,000 stadia in length and width and height.
Revelation 21:16“width”kai tas politas tetragōnas keietō, kai tem mēkem autau hosem tem platem. kai metrata tan politan to kalamo epi stadioin dōdeka chiliadaiu; tem mēkem kai tem platem kai tem hupsem autau iseim atō.The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal — 12,000 stadia in length and width and height.
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Revelation 20:9“breadth”kai anabainala epi tem platem tau gēau, kai kukleuala tan parembolan toiu hagioiu kai tan politan tan agapirētan. kai katabainata purem ek tou ouranou kai katesthiata autoin;And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.