G4113 G4113
A wide street, open public square, or broad way in a city; a main thoroughfare for civic life.
The substantivized feminine of the adjective meaning 'broad' or 'wide,' referring to the main streets, plazas, or open squares of a town where public activity takes place. Jesus warns against praying ostentatiously 'on the street corners' (Matt 6:5) and prophetically quotes Isaiah about not crying out 'in the streets' (Matt 12:19). In the parables, servants are sent into the streets and lanes to bring guests to the banquet (Luke 14:21). Spanish distinguishes 'calles' (streets) from 'plazas' (squares), and French uses 'place' (public square), together revealing the word's range from narrow lanes to open gathering spaces.
Senses
1. street, broad way, public square — A wide street, main road, or public square in a town or city — the place of public visibility, commerce, and communal life. Derived from the feminine substantive of πλατύς ('broad'), it designates the broad thoroughfares and open spaces where people gather, pray, eat, and conduct business. In the NT it appears in contexts of public display (Matt 6:5), prophetic quiet (Matt 12:19), missionary proclamation (Luke 10:10, 13:26), and urgent invitation (Luke 14:21, Acts 5:15). The Spanish split between 'calles' (streets) and 'plazas' (squares) shows the word covers both linear roadways and open civic areas, while German 'Gassen' (lanes) captures the narrower urban sense. 9×
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Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Included with: πλᾰτύς, εῖα, ύ, Ionic dialect feminine πλατέα Refs 5th c.BC+:—wide, broad, τελαμών Refs 8th c.BC+; αἰπόλια πλατέ᾽ αἰγῶν broad herds, i.e. large or spread over a wide space,Refs 8th c.BC+; τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν π. Refs 5th c.BC+; similarly, π. ὁδὸς τῶν θεῶν Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 flat, level, χῶρος π. καὶ πολλός Refs 5th c.BC+; κάρυα τὰ π., i.e. chestnuts, Refs 5th c.BC+; σελάχη, ἰχθύες, Refs…