UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

χάσμα

MainId: 005377000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: χ

StrongCodes: G5490

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 005377001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: χάσμα
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -τος
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 005377001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 1.54
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Geographical Objects and Features
  LEXSubDomains: Depressions and Holes
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-05-30 16:25:26
    DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of χάσμα ‘yawning,’ not occurring in the NT) a deep, unbridgeable valley or trough between two points
    Glosses: chasm
    Comments: In this only NT occurrence of χάσμα the reference is to the impassable space between two parts of the supernatural abode of the dead. Translators frequently use a descriptive phrase such as ‘a deep valley which no one may cross’ or ‘a space which cannot be crossed.’
  LEXReferences: LUKE 16:26