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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #5327 - φάραγξ

Transliteration

pháranx

Phonetics

far'-anx

Root Word (Etymology)

properly, strengthened from the base of (G4008) or rather of (G4486)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a valley shut off by cliffs and precipices
a ravine

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 663 ‑ אֲפִיק (af‑ake', af‑eek'); 1516 ‑ גַּי (gah'ee, gah'ee); 4095 ‑ מַדְרֵגָה (mad‑ray‑gaw'); 4569 ‑ מַעֲבָר (mah‑ab‑awr', mah‑ab‑aw‑raw'); 5158 ‑ נַחְלָה (nakh'‑al, nakh'‑law, nakh‑al‑aw'); 6010 ‑ עֵמֶק (ay'‑mek);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Luke 1

NAS (1)

Luke 1

HCS (1)

Luke 1

BSB (1)

Luke 1

ESV (1)

Luke 1

WEB (1)

Luke 1

KJV (1)

valley 1

NAS (1)

RAVINE 1

HCS (1)

valley 1

BSB (1)

valley 1

ESV (1)

valley 1

WEB (1)

valley 1

RAH

N-APF 3

N-ASF 20

N-DPF 8

N-DSF 17

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 16

N-NPF 4

N-NSF 9

ANT

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-NFS 1

BMT

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-NSF 1

STV

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-NSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

φάραγξ

[ᾰ], αγγος, ἡ,

cleft, chasm, esp. in a mountain side, ravine, gully, Alcm. 60.1 (pl.); φ. πρὸς δυσχειμέρῳ A. Pr. 15, cf. 142 (anap.), al., E. IT 277, X. HG 7.2.13, Thphr. HP 9.5.2 (pl.), Schwyzer 289.161 (Priene, ii B. C.), etc.; πᾶσα φ. πληρωθήσεται LXX Isaiah 40:4; πάντας.. ἐς φάραγγα ἐσέβαλον Th. 2.67; ἐν πύλαισι γὰρ σταθεὶς φάραγγος of the cave, E. Cyc. 668; φάραγγα δακτύλου πιάσματι σύρει, of shaping a roll before it is baked, Eub. 75.11: — metaph., of Cleon, φάραγγα καὶ Χάρυβδιν ἁρπαγῆς Ar. Eq. 248 (troch.).

II metaph., of the anus, Sotad. 2.2.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

φάραγξ, φάραγγος, ἡ, a valley shut in by cliffs and precipices; a ravine: Luke 3:5. (Alcman, Euripides, Thucydides, Demosthenes, Polybius, others; the Sept..)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

φάραγξ , -αγγος , ἡ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H5158, also for H1516, etc.;]

a chasm, ravine: Luke 3:5 (LXX) (v. DB, iv, 845 f.).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";the content of φρονεῖν, the general bent of thought and motive"; (SH ad ICC Rom. 8:6) : cf. Vett. Val. p. 109.2 ἐὰν οὖν τις Ὀδυσσέως φρόνημα λαβὼν παραπλεύσῃ τούτους, καταλείπει σεμνὴν ἐν τῷ βίῳ τὴν ἐπιστήμην.

List of Word Forms

φάραγγα φάραγγας φάραγγάς φάραγγες φάραγγές φάραγγι φάραγγος φαράγγων φαραγξ φάραγξ φάραγξι φάραγξιν pharanx pháranx