ΠΛΑΤΥΣΜΟΣ, πλατυσμος
PLATYSMOS, platysmos
Sounds Like: plah-ty-SMOSS
Translations: enlargement, broadening, expansion, an enlargement
From the root: ΠΛΑΤΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act or result of becoming wide, broad, or expanded. It can be used literally to describe physical expansion, or metaphorically to describe an increase in scope, influence, or prosperity. It is often used in contexts of abundance or blessing.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4116 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 3:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΛΑΤΥΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΛΑΤΑΙΣ — (to) broad, (to) wide, (to) flat
- ΠΛΑΤΕΑ — broad, wide, a street, a wide street, a public square
- ΠΛΑΤΕΗ — broad, wide, spacious
- ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑΙ — streets, broad ways, public squares, plazas
- ΠΛΑΤΕΙΕΣ — broad, wide, streets, a street, public squares, a public square
- ΠΛΑΤΕΙΣ — broad, wide
- ΠΛΑΤΕΟΣ — of broad, of wide, of spacious
- ΠΛΑΤΕΩΣ — of wide, of broad, of spacious
- ΠΛΑΤΙΑ — broad street, a broad street, public square, a public square
- ΠΛΑΤΙΣ — wide, broad, spacious
- ΠΛΑΤΥ — broad, wide, spacious, a broad, a wide, a spacious
- ΠΛΑΤΥΣ — broad, wide, spacious
- ΠΛΑΤΥΤΕΡΑ — wider, broader
- ΤΩΠΛΑΤΕΙ — to the broad, to the wide, to the spacious
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