Strong's Lexicon
G5490
G5490 — χάσμα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5490 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χάσμα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a form of an obsolete primary chao "to gape or yawn" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | chasma |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khas'-mah |
| Meaning: | 1. a "chasm" or vacancy (impassable interval) |
| KJV Renderings: | gulf |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χάσμα, χασματος, τό (χαίνω to yawn), a gaping opening, a chasm, gulf: equivalent to a great interval, Luk 16:26. (Hesiod theog. 740; Euripides, Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
χάσμα (gulf)
Luke 16:26
- KJV: And beside all this between us and you there is a great gulf fixed so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot neither can they pass to us that from thence
- GK: και επί πάσι τούτοις μεταξύ ημών και υμών χάσμα μέγα εστήρικται όπως οι θέλοντες διαβήναι ένθεν προς υμάς μη δύνωνται μηδέ οι εκείθεν προς ημάς διαπερώσιν