- πλάτος
- πλάτος, ους, τό (πλατύς; Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX; En 21:7; TestSol 11:8 C; TestAbr A 12 p. 91, 2 [Stone p. 30]; GrBar 11:8; EpArist; Philo; Jos., Bell. 7, 312, Ant. 8, 65, C. Ap. 2, 119.—ὁ πλάτος only as an oversight Eph 3:18 P46) extent from side to side, breadth, width, w. τὸ μῆκος Rv 21:16a as well as τὸ μῆκος and τὸ ὕψος vs. 16b. On τὸ πλάτος καὶ μῆκος καὶ ὕψος καὶ βάθος Eph 3:18 s. βάθος 1.—τὸ πλάτος τῆς γῆς Rv 20:9 comes fr. the OT (Da 12:2 LXX. Cp. Hab 1:6; Sir 1:3), but the sense is not clear: breadth = the broad plain of the earth is perh. meant to provide room for the countless enemies of God vs. 8, but the ‘going up’ is better suited to Satan (vs. 7), who has recently been freed, and who comes up again fr. the abyss (vs. 3).—In imagery (cp. Procop. Soph., Ep. 65; Nicetas Eugen. 2, 10 H. καρδίας πλάτος) τὰ δικαιώματα τοῦ κυρίου ἐπὶ τὰ πλὰτη τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν ἐγέγραπτο the ordinances of the Lord have been written on your heart from side to side 1 Cl 2:8 (s. Pr 7:3; 22:20; 3:3 A; sim. metaphors Aeschyl., Prom. 789; Soph., Fgm. 540 TGF; cp. s.v. πλάξ.—Renehan ’75, 165).—DELG s.v. 1 πλατύς.
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