1. street, broad way, public square — A wide street, open road, or public square in a city or town; the substantivized feminine of πλατύς ('broad'), denoting the main thoroughfares where public life takes place — preaching, healing, and gathering. Used in the Gospels of public streets where the sick are laid out (Acts 5:15), where children play (Matt 11:16, Luke 7:32), and in Revelation of the great street of the heavenly city (Rev 21:21, 22:2). Multilingual evidence: spa 'plaza/plazas/calles' (square/streets), hin 'चौराहा/चौक/चौड़ी सड़क' (crossroads/square/broad road), arb 'شَوَارِع/شارِع' (šawāriʿ/šāriʿ — streets/street), kor '넓은 길/거리' (neolbeun gil/geori — broad road/street), swa 'mitaa/barabara/njia kuu' (streets/roads/main road). Singular and plural forms represent grammatical number variation of one sense. 9×
AR["-","الشَّوَارِعِ","ساحاتِها","ساحَتِها","سَاحَاتِ","سَاحَاتِنَا","شارِعِ","شَوارِعِ","شَوَارِعِ"]·ben["চওড়া-রাস্তার","রাজপথ","রাজপথের","রাস্তাগুলিতে","রাস্তায়","রাস্তার"]·DE["Gassen","πλατείαις","πλατείας","πλατειῶν"]·EN["street","streets"]·FR["place"]·heb["רְחוֹב","רְחוֹבָהּ","רְחוֹבוֹת"]·HI["-दुर्बलों-को","और","चौक","चौकों","चौड़ी-सड़क","चौरअहोन-मेइन","चौराहों","चौराहों-के"]·ID["jalan","jalan-jalan"]·IT["piazza","plateia","plateias"]·jav["lurung","lurung-ageng","margi","margi-ageng"]·KO["거리-의","거리가","거리들","거리들에서","거리의","내오는-것-이","넓은-길들","넓은-길들에서","넓은-길에서"]·PT["praça","praças"]·RU["площадей","площадях","улица","улицах","улице","улицы"]·ES["calles","plaza","plazas"]·SW["barabara","barabara-kubwa","mitaa","njia-kuu"]·TR["caddelere","meydanlara","meydanlarımızda","meydanların","meydanı","meydanında","meydanının","sokaklarda","sokaklarına"]·urd["بازاروں","بازاروں-کے","چوڑی-سڑک","چوکوں","گلی","گلی-کے","گلیوں","گلیوں-میں"]
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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…