πέλαγος
pelagos · open sea, deep
Greek word · Strong’s number G3989 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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pelagos (πέλαγος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “open sea, deep”.
Open sea, the depth of the sea.
How to say it
pe·la·gos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Open waters, far from the shore.
- The deepest waters.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- depth ×1
- sea ×1
Where it appears
- Matthew 18:6
But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is better for him that a donkey’s millstone be hung around his neck and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea.
- Acts 27:5
And sailing across the sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down to Myra in Lycia.