UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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χάσμα

MainId: 005377000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: χ

StrongCodes: G5490

BaseForms:

1. 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