- βαθύς
- βαθύς, εῖα, ύ (s. βάθος; Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; TestJud 7:3; Ath.)① pert. to distance beneath a surface, deep (En 24:2; EpArist 118; Jos., Ant. 10, 170) of a well (Pythag., Ep. 3, 3 and Chariton 8, 1, 10 φρέαρ β.) J 4:11.② pert. to someth. nonphysical perceived to be so remote that it is difficult to assess, deep τὰ βαθέα τοῦ σατανᾶ the (hidden) depths of Satan Rv 2:24 (cp. Da 2:22 and s. βαθός 2).③ pert. to an extreme point on a scale of extentⓐ profound, of sleep (Theocr. 8, 65; Lucian et al.; Jos., Ant. 5, 148; Sir 22:9; 3 Macc 5:12; Ath. 12, 2) Ac 20:9; AcPl Ha 3, 25f οἱ δὲ φύλακ̣ε̣[ς βα]θεῖ ὕπνῳ. Of peace (Lucian, Tox. 36; Herodian 4, 10, 1; 7, 9, 5; 4 Macc 3:20; Philo, Somn. 2, 229; SibOr 12, 87; Ath. 1:3) 1 Cl 2:2.ⓑ at the extreme of, very, exceedingly, ὄρθρου βαθέως (Aristoph., Vesp. 216; Pla., Crito 43a, Prot. 310a ἔτι βαθέος ὄρθρου; Phlegon: 257 Fgm. 36, 1, 9 p. 1171, 4 Jac.; Philo, Mut. Nom. 162, Mos. 1, 179, Spec. Leg. 1, 276; PLips 40 II, 10) early in the morning Lk 24:1 (β. [v.l. βαθέος] is to be taken, not as an adv., but as gen. of βαθύς, like πραέως [πραέος] 1 Pt 3:4. Cp. W-S. §9, 5; Rob. 495; B-D-F §46, 3).—DELG. M-M.
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