εὐρύχωρος
eurýchōros · G2149 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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spacious, broad
Pertaining to being broad and spacious, with the implication of agreeable and pleasant
ExamplesMatthew 7:13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὁδόςway, road 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- πλατύς platýs · G4116 · wide, broad, avenue
- Greek adjective meaning wide or broad, semantically overlapping with εὐρύχωρος in describing spatial breadth, though πλατύς emphasizes width while εὐρύχωρος emphasizes spaciousness/roominess
Contrasting words 1 word
- στενός stenós · G4728 · narrow
- Greek adjective meaning narrow or strait, the direct lexical opposite of εὐρύχωρος (spacious/broad), contrasting confined space with ample space
In the other Testament 2 words
- רָחָב râchâb · H7342 · broad, large, spacious
- Hebrew adjective for wide/spacious/broad, the standard translation equivalent for Greek εὐρύχωρος in contexts describing spatial breadth or capacity
- מֶרְחָב merchâb · H4800 · broad, at ease
- Hebrew noun for broad place or spaciousness, lexically equivalent to the sense of εὐρύχωρος as describing a spacious area
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Spacious, broad81.18
- In Matthew 7:13, Jesus warns, “the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it,” describing a wide, spacious path.
Word family 17 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon εὐρύχωρον (εὐρύς broad, and χώρα), spacious, broad: Mt 7:13. (the Sept.; Aristotle, h.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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