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Lexicon :: Strong's G4115 - platynō

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πλατύνω
Transliteration
platynō (Key)
Pronunciation
plat-oo'-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

πλατύνω platýnō, plat-oo'-no; from G4116; to widen (literally or figuratively):—make broad, enlarge.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G4115 in the following manner: enlarge (2x), make broad (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G4115 in the following manner: enlarge (2x), make broad (1x).

  1. to make broad, enlarge

  2. be enlarged in heart, i.e. to welcome and embrace you in love

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πλατύνω platýnō, plat-oo'-no; from G4116; to widen (literally or figuratively):—make broad, enlarge.
STRONGS G4115:
πλατύνω; passive, perfect 3 person singular πεπλάτυνται (see μιαίνω); 1 aorist ἐπλατυνθην; (πλατύς); to make broad, to enlarge: τί, Matthew 23:5; ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν πεπλάτυνται, our heart expands itself namely, to receive you into it, i. e. to welcome and embrace you in love, 2 Corinthians 6:11 (πλατύνειν τήν καρδίαν for לֵב הִרְחִב, to open the heart namely, to instruction, Psalm 118:32 (Ps. 119:32) (cf. Winer's Grammar, 30)); πλατύνθητε καί ὑμεῖς, be ye also enlarged in heart, viz. to receive me therein, 2 Corinthians 6:13. (Xenophon, Plutarch, Anthol., others.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
119:32
Matthew
23:5
2 Corinthians
6:11; 6:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4115 matches the Greek πλατύνω (platynō),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27 - May God extend Japheth’s[fn] territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth,[fn] saying, “Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24 - I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:16 - Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - Jeshurun[fn] grew fat and kicked; filled with food, they became heavy and sleek. They abandoned the God who made them and rejected the Rock their Savior.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:1 - Then Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the LORD my horn[fn] is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1 - [fn]For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David. Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:36 - You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17 - Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:21 - They sneer at me and say, “Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:10 - I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:32 - I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 - Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - Therefore Death expands its jaws, opening wide its mouth; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - a wild donkey accustomed to the desert, sniffing the wind in her craving— in her heat who can restrain her? Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves; at mating time they will find her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Babylon’s thick wall will be leveled and her high gates set on fire; the peoples exhaust themselves for nothing, the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5 - So it towered higher than all the trees of the field; its boughs increased and its branches grew long, spreading because of abundant waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5 - indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.
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