Width
πλάτοςStrong’s G4114platos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Platos is the Greek word usually translated “breadth” and “width”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;”
Meaning
Usually translated “breadth” and “width”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- breadth 3
- width 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 2
- Ephesians 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Revelation 20:9And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
- Revelation 21:16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Greek dictionary
πλάτος platos · width
πλάτος, -ους, τό [in LXX chiefly for רֹחַב ;] breadth: Eph.3:18, Rev.21:16; τ. π. τῆς γῆς (Hab.1:6, מֶרְחָב), Rev.20:9.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “width” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WIDTH, noun
[from wide.]
Breadth; wideness; the extent of a thing from side to side; as the width of cloth; the width of a door.
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.