What does πλατύς (platýs) mean in the Bible?
πλατύς (platýs): Broad or wide street, often public spaces where crowds gather and visibility is high.
Greek · G4116
πλατύς
πλατύς (platýs): Broad or wide street, often public spaces where crowds gather and visibility is high.
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πλατύςG4116
Pronunciationplatýs
What does πλατύς (platýs) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G4116?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include wide [is] (1).
Where does πλατύς (platýs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 7:13. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 Itwide [is]1×Matthew 7:13
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 7:13
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Matthew1
Source forms
πλατεῖα1xplateiaMatthew 7:13
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular1xMatthew 7:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Broad or wide street, often public spaces where crowds gather and visibility is high.
Strong'sG4116
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
street
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Broad or wide street, often public spaces where crowds gather and visibility is high.
broad: Mat.7:13. As subst., ἡ π. (sc. ὁδός), [in LXX chiefly for רָחָב ;] a street: Mat.6:5 12:19" (LXX), Mrk.6:56, WH, mg., Luk.10:10 13:26 14:21, Act.5:15, Rev.11:8 21:21 22:2.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 7:13Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
πλατεῖαplateia
broad
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 patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternDative (2)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · FeminineMatt 6:51×
Dative · Plural · FeminineMatt 12:19 · Luke 13:262×
Word Origins
πλατύς is built from this root: