πλατεῖα

plateiawide street/roadHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine9 occurrences4 books9 verses

Definition

πλατεία, -ας, ἡ, see: πλατύς.

πλατύς, -εῖα, -ύ

[in LXX for רָחָב ;]

broad: Matthew 7:13. As subst., ἡ π. (sc. ὁδός),

[in LXX chiefly for רָחָב ;]

a street: Matthew 6:5; 12:19" (LXX), Mark 6:56, WH, mg., Luke 10:10; 13:26; 14:21, Acts 5:15, Revelation 11:8; 21:21; 22:2.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πλατεῖα:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

9 total
  1. Matthew 6:5πλατειῶν · street
    And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
  2. Matthew 12:19πλατείαις · streets
    He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets.
  3. Luke 10:10πλατείας · streets
    But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,
  4. Luke 13:26πλατείαις · streets
    Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
  5. Luke 14:21πλατείας · streets
    The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
  6. Acts 5:15πλατείας · streets
    As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
  7. Revelation 11:8πλατείας · street
    Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
  8. Revelation 21:21πλατεῖα · main street
    And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.
  9. Revelation 22:2πλατείας · main street
    …down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.