What does πλάτος (plátos) mean in the Bible?
πλάτος (plátos) is a Greek word meaning "width".
Greek · G4114
πλάτος
Width
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πλάτος G4114
Pronunciation plátos
What does πλάτος (plátos) mean in the Bible?
πλάτος (plátos) is a Greek word meaning "width".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4114?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include width (3), broad expanse (1).
Where does πλάτος (plátos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 3:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), Ephesians (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 width 3× Ephesians 3:18, Revelation 21:16
broad expanse 1× Revelation 20:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Ephesians 3:18
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Ephesians 1 Revelation 3
Source forms
πλάτος 4x platos Ephesians 3:18, Revelation 20:9, Revelation 21:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 3x Ephesians 3:18, Revelation 21:16
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Revelation 20:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. width
Strong's G4114
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
width
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 3:18 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
πλάτος platov
breadth
Read verse Revelation 20:9 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
πλάτος platov
breadth
Read verse Revelation 21:16 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
πλάτος. platov
breadth
Read verse Revelation 21:16 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
πλάτος platov
breadth
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 4 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Eph 3:18 · Rev 21:16 3×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Rev 20:9 1×
Word Origins
πλάτος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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