What does πέλαγος (pélagos) mean in the Bible?
πέλαγος (pélagos): The deep or open sea, emphasizing vastness and depth rather than coastal waters
Greek · G3989
πέλαγος
Sea
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πέλαγος G3989
Pronunciation pélagos
What does πέλαγος (pélagos) mean in the Bible?
πέλαγος (pélagos): The deep or open sea, emphasizing vastness and depth rather than coastal waters
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3989?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include depths (1), the open sea (1).
Where does πέλαγος (pélagos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 18:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It depths 1× Matthew 18:6
the open sea 1× Acts 27:5
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 18:6
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Acts 1
Source forms
πελάγει 1x pelagei Matthew 18:6
πέλαγος 1x pelagos Acts 27:5
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Acts 27:5
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 1x Matthew 18:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. The deep or open sea, emphasizing vastness and depth rather than coastal waters
Strong's G3989
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
sea
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 18:6 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
πελάγει pelagei
the sea, the deep
Read verse Acts 27:5 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
πέλαγος pelagov
the sea, the deep
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 18:6 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Acts 27:5 1×
Word Origins
πέλαγος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain