- βάθος
- βάθος, ους, τό (s. βαθύς; Aeschyl., Hdt.+) gener., distance beneath someth.① the space or distance beneath a surface, depth (w. ὕψος Is 7:11; Herm. Wr. 11, 20b) Dg 7:2; (w. other dimensions; s. Aristot., Phys. 4, 1, 209a, 5; Dio Chrys. 76 [26], 6; Plut., Mor. 937f; SIG 973, 6ff μῆκος, πλάτος, β. [of a ditch]; Philo, Decal. 25; Jos., Ant. 1, 77) Eph 3:18 (cp. the magic formula γενέσθω φῶς πλάτος βάθος μῆκος ὕψος αὐγή PGM 4, 970f and 978f; 12, 157; s. Straub 56). Of soil Mt 13:5; Mk 4:5 (Jos., Ant. 8, 63 τῆς γῆς β.; Theophr., HP 6, 5, 4 χώρας βάθος; BGU 1122, 16 of plants ἔχον τὸ καθῆκον β.). Of the depths of the sea B 10:10 (cp. schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 1, 461; 4, 865f; Ps 68:3; Am 9:3; Mi 7:19 al. LXX). Of deep water Lk 5:4. Of eyes sunken because of swelling Papias (3:2). ὕψωμα οὔτε βάθος Ro 8:39, since they are said to be creatures and the context speaks apparently only of transcendent forces, are prob. astral spirits; they are both astronomical t.t., and β. means the celestial space below the horizon fr. which the stars arise (PGM 4, 575 ἀστὴρ ἐκ τ. βάθους ἀναλάμπων).② someth. nonphysical perceived to be so remote that it is difficult to assess, depth fig. (Aeschyl. et al.) ἡ κατὰ βάθους πτωχεία αὐτῶν their poverty reaching down into the depths (Strabo 9, 3, 5 ἄντρον κοῖλον κατὰ βάθους)=extreme poverty 2 Cor 8:2; β. πλούτου (Soph., Aj. 130; cp. Jos., Ant. 1, 271 τὸ τῆς τριχὸς βάθος; Pr 18:3; Aelian, VH 3, 18 πλοῦτος βαθύς; Norden, Agn. Th. 243, 3) depth (i.e. inexhaustibility) of the wealth Ro 11:33; τὰ β. τῆς θείας γνώσεως depths of divine knowledge 1 Cl 40:1 (Philo, Poster. Cai. 130 β. τῆς ἐπιστήμης); τὰ β. τοῦ θεοῦ the depths of God 1 Cor 2:10 (TestJob 37:6 τοῦ κυρίου); τὰ βάθη τοῦ σατανᾶ Rv 2:24 v.l. (cp. Jdth 8:14 βάθος καρδίας ἀνθρώπου; τὰ βάθη τῆς καρδίας καὶ τοῦ νοῦ Just., D. 121, 2; Eunap., Vi. Soph. 23, 3, 8 p. 113 β. τῆς ψυχῆς; w. κακῶν Aeschyl., Pers. 465).—DELG s.v. βαθύς. M-M. TW. Spicq.
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