BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G4116
platus — street
πλατύς, -εῖα, -ύ [in LXX for רָחָב ;] broad: Mat.7:13. As subst., ἡ π. (sc. ὁδός), [in LXX chiefly for רָחָב ;] a street: Mat.6:5 12:19" (LXX), Mrk.6:56, WH, mg., Luk.10:10 13:26 14:21, Act.5:15, Rev.11:8 21:21 22:2.† (AS)
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7784
shuq — street
street
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G296
amphodon — street
ἄμφοδον, -ου, το (ἀμφί ὁδός), [in LXX for אַרְמוֹן (Jer.17:27 30:10 49:27)* ;] prop., a road around anything (RV, the open street): Mrk.11:4, Act.19:28, WH, mg.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2351
chuts — outside
outside, outward, street, the outside
141 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7339
re.chov — street/plaza
broad or open place or plaza
39 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2117
euthus — Straight
εὐθύς, -εῖα, -ύ [in LXX chiefly for יָשַׁר ;] 1. straight, direct: τρίβοι, Mat.3:3, Mrk.1:3, Luk.3:4" (LXX) ; εἰς εὐθειας, (sc. ὁδούς), Luk.3:5; εὐ. ὐδός, figuratively, Act.13:10, 2Pe.2:15; as (Proper name) of a street, Act.9:11. 2. In moral sense, straightforward, right: καρδία, Act.8:21 (cf. Psa.7:11 32:11, al.).† εὐθύς, adv., [in LXX (more frequently than εὐθέως) chiefly for יָשַׁר ;] = εὐθέως, straightway, directly: Mat.3:16 13:20-21 14:27 21:2-3 26:74, Luk.6:49, Jhn.13:30, 32 19:34, Act.10:16, 42 times in Mk.† (AS)
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4505
rhumē — lane
ῥύμη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX: Isa.15:3 (רְחֹב), Pro.31:23 א, Tob.13:18, Sir.9:7 א1* ;] 1. in cl., the force, rush, swing, of a moving body; esp. of a charge of soldiers. 2. In late Greek (as in Macedonian, see Kennedy, Sources, 15), a narrow road, lane, street: in Polyb., of a road in camp; in LXX and NT (π. also) of streets in a town, Mat.6:2, Luk.14:21 Act.9:11 12:10 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr., 488).† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7344
re.cho.vot — Rehoboth
§ Rehoboth = "wide places or streets" the 3rd of a series of wells dug by Isaac in the territory of the Philistines
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1050
bet re.chov — Beth-rehob
Beth-rehob = "house of the street" a place in Dan on road to Hamath Also named: re.chov (רְחוֹב "Rehob" H7340K)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7155
qir.yat chu.tsot — Kiriath-huzoth
§ Kirjath-huzoth = "city of streets" a city in Moab
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4113
plateia — wide street/road
πλατεία, -ας, ἡ, see: πλατύς. πλατύς, -εῖα, -ύ [in LXX for רָחָב ;] broad: Mat.7:13. As subst., ἡ π. (sc. ὁδός), [in LXX chiefly for רָחָב ;] a street: Mat.6:5 12:19" (LXX), Mrk.6:56, WH, mg., Luk.10:10 13:26 14:21, Act.5:15, Rev.11:8 21:21 22:2.† (AS)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7674
thiasos — revelry
1. a band or company marching through the streets with dance and song , especially in honour of Bacchus, a band of revellers , (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 2. generally, any party, company, troop , (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7935
katatemnō — to mutilate
1. to cut in pieces, cut up , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.: so in Mid., (Euripides):—; Pass., τελαμῶσι κατατετμημένοις with regularly cut bandages, (Herdotus Historicus); σπλάγχνα κατατετμημένα (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. κ. χώρην ἐς διώρυχας to cut it up into ditches or canals, (Herdotus Historicus); κατετέτμηντο τάφροι ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν (Xenophon Historicus) 3. with double accusative κ. τινὰ καττύματα to cut him into strips, (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Pass., κατατμηθείην λέπαδνα may I be cut up into straps, (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. κ. τὸν Πειραιᾶ to lay it out for building, (Aristotle Philosopher):—;Pass., ἡ πόλις κατατέτμηται τὰς ὁδοὺς ἰθείας has its streets cut straight, (Herdotus Historicus) 5. to cut into the ground, κατετέτμηντο τάφροι there were trenches cut , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →The street called “Straight” at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is “a long broad street, running from east to west, about a mile in length, and forming the principal thoroughfare in the city.” In Oriental towns streets are usually narrow and irregular and filthy (Ps. 18:42; Isa. 10:6). “It is remarkable,” says Porter, “that all the important cities of Palestine and Syria Samaria, Caesarea, Gerasa, Bozrah, Damascus, Palmyra, had their ‘straight streets’ running through the centre of the city, and lined with stately rows of columns. The most perfect now remaining are those of Palmyra and Gerasa, where long ranges of the columns still stand.”, Through Samaria, etc.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
