Lexicon
πλάτος
platos
G4114
G:N-N Greek

width

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Platos denotes a spatial dimension, whether considered with length and height or across the earth.

The attested use denotes spatial extent as a dimension: it is listed with length, height, and depth, applied to the earth’s expanse, and used in describing a city whose dimensions are equal.

Senses in use

  1. Spatial extent as a dimension · dominant

    The nominative singular form is named among dimensions in Ephesians 3:18, where the APB renders “what the width and length and height and depth are,” and in Revelation 21:16, where the city’s length, width, and height are said to be equal. The accusative singular form occurs in Revelation 20:9 in movement “across the breadth of the earth,” as the APB renders the clause.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “width” in Ephesians 3:18 and Revelation 21:16, and as “breadth” in Revelation 20:9. These renderings confirm the verses’ spatial context rather than establish separate meanings.

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