G3989: πέλαγος
pélagos · “sea”
Definition
deep or open sea, i.e. the main
KJV translates it as: depth, sea
Word origin: of uncertain affinity;
Extended definition
πέλαγος, -ους, τό
[in LXX: 2Ma.5:21, 4Ma.7:1 * ;]
the deep sea, the deep, the sea: Act.27:5; τὸ π. τῆς θαλάσσης, Mat.18:6
SYN.: θαλάσσα (which see); and cf. ἄβυσσος (AS)
[in LXX: 2Ma.5:21, 4Ma.7:1 * ;]
the deep sea, the deep, the sea: Act.27:5; τὸ π. τῆς θαλάσσης, Mat.18:6
SYN.: θαλάσσα (which see); and cf. ἄβυσσος (AS)
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How G3989 is translated
- depth ×1
- then ×1
Bible verses with G3989 (pélagos)
Pélagos appears in 2 verses.
- Matthew 18:6
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
- Acts 27:5
And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.