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πεδινόςStrong’s G3977

pedinos

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

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Pedinos is the Greek word usually translated “level”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;”
Luke 6:17 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “level”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • level 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    πεδινός pedinos · level

    πεδινός, -ή, -όν (πεδίον, a plain), [in LXX chiefly for שְׁפֵלָה (ἡ π.) ;] level, plain: Luk.6:17.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “level” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    LEV'EL, adjective

    [Eng. sleek. Latin libella, libra, belong to the root.]

    1. Horizontal; coinciding with the plane of the horizon.
    2. Even; flat; not having one part higher than another; not ascending or descending; as a level plain or field; level ground; a level floor or pavement.
    3. Even with any thing else; of the same height; on the same line or plane.
    4. Equal in rank or degree; having no degree of superiority.
    All definitions and other forms of “level”

      LEV'EL, verb transitive

      1. To make horizontal.
      2. To make even; to reduce or remove inequalities of surface in any thing; as, to level a road or walk.
      3. To reduce or bring to the same height with something else.
      4. To lay flat; to reduce to an even surface or plain.
      5. To reduce to equality of condition, state or degree; as, to level all ranks and degrees of men.
      6. To point, in taking aim; to elevate or depress so as to direct a missile weapon to an object; to aim; as, to level a cannon or musket.
      7. To aim; to direct; as severe remarks leveled at the vices and follies of the age.
      8. To suit; to proportion; as, to level observations to the capacity of children.

      LEV'EL, verb intransitive

      1. To accord; to agree; to suit. [Little used.]
      2. To aim at; to point a gun or an arrow to the mark.
      3. To aim at; to direct the view or purpose.
      4. To be aimed; to be in the same direction with the mark.
      5. To aim; to make attempts.
      6. To conjecture; to attempt to guess. [Not used.]

      LEV'EL, noun

      1. A horizontal line, or a plane; a surface without inequalities.
      2. Rate; standard; usual elevation; customary height; as the ordinary level of the world.
      3. Equal elevation with something else; a state of equality.
      4. The line of direction in which a missile weapon is aimed.
      5. An instrument in mechanics by which to find or draw a horizontal line, as in setting buildings, or in making canals and drains.
      6. Rule; plan; scheme: borrowed from the mechanic's level

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.