φάραγξ (fάragx) — ravine / narrow steep-sided valley

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: φάραγξ; -αγγος

Sense 1: ravine, narrow steep-sided valley

Semantic entry: 1.51

Semantic domains: Geographical Objects and Features

Subdomains: Depressions and Holes

Notes: φάραγξ, as ‘a narrow valley,’ differs from ‘a broad valley’ in the sense that one does not expect agriculture to be practiced at the bottom of a φάραγξ, while in the case of a broad valley, agriculture would be an assumed feature.

Show passage in OET: LUK 3:5

OET-RV LUK 3:5

5 Every valley will be filled up,
⇔ and every mountain and hill will be levelled off.
⇔ What’s crooked will be made straight,
⇔ and the rough roads will be made smooth.

OET-LV LUK 3:5

5 Every valley will _be _being _filled, and every mountain and hill will _be _being _brought _low, and the crooked will _be into straight, and the rough ways into smooth,

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

φάραγξ

Form 1

Sense 1: ravine, narrow steep-sided valley