πλατύςplatýs

spread out "flat" ("plot"), i.e. broad

Greek (New Testament) · G4116

Meanings

broad: Matthew 7:13. As as a noun, ἡ π. (namely ὁδός), [in LXX chiefly for רְחֹב; ] a street: Matthew 6:5, Matthew 12:19(LXX), Mark 6:56, WH, margin, Luke 10:10, Luke 13:26, Luke 14:21, Acts 5:15, Revelation 11:8, Revelation 21:21, Revelation 22:2.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 6:5 “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.
  • Matthew 7:13 “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.
  • Matthew 12:19 He will not fight or shout or raise his voice in public.
  • Luke 10:10 But if a town refuses to welcome you, go out into its streets and say,
  • Luke 13:26 Then you will say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
  • Luke 14:21 “The servant returned and told his master what they had said. His master was furious and said, ‘Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and invite the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.