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Strong's #3989 - πέλαγος
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- the high sea, the deep (where ships sail)
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πέλᾰγ-ος, εος, τό,
gen. pl. πελαγέων Hdt. 4.85, S. Aj. 702 (lyr.), πελαγῶν Th. 4.24; dat. πελάγεσσι (v. infr.): —
the sea, esp. high sea, open sea, π. μέγα Il. 14.16, Od. 3.179, etc.; ἐν πελάγεϊ ἀναπεπταμένῳ Hdt. 8.60. ά ; διὰ πελάγους out at sea, opp. παρὰ γῆν, Th. 6.13: freq. coupled with other words denoting sea, ἁλὸς ἐν πελάγεσσιν Od. 5.335; π. θαλάσσης A.R. 2.608; π. πόντιον, πόντου π., Pi. O. 7.56, Fr. 235; ἅλιον π. E. Hec. 938 (lyr.).
2. of parts of the sea (θάλασσα), freq. with geographical epith., Αἰγαῖον π. A. Ag. 659, etc., cf. Hdt. 4.85 (π. Αἰγαίας ἁλός E. Tr. 88, Men. Pk. 379); Ἰκαρίων ὑπὲρ πελαγέων S. Aj. 702 (lyr.), cf. Luc. Icar. 3; ἐκ μεγάλων πελαγῶν τοῦ τε Τυρσηνικοῦ καὶ τοῦ Σικελικοῦ Th. 4.24.
3. flooded plain, γίνεται π. Hdt. 2.97, cf. 3.117.
II metaph., of any vast quantity, πλούτου π. Pi. Fr. 218; κακῶν π. a ' sea of troubles', A. Pers. 433; π. ἀτηρᾶς δύης Id. Pr. 746; ἄτης ἄβυσσον π. Id. Supp. 470; κακῶν π. εἰσορῶ τοσοῦτον ὥστε μήποτ' ἐκνεῦσαι E. Hipp. 822 (lyr.); ἀληθινὸν εἰς π. αὑτὸν ἐμβαλεῖς.. πραγμάτων Men. 65.6; φεύγειν εἰς τὸ π. τῶν λόγων Pl. Prt. 338a; φανήσεται μακρὸν τὸ δεῦρο π. οὐδὲ πλώσιμον S. OC 663; of great difficulties, μέγ' ἄρα π. ἐλαχέτην τι ib. 1746 (lyr.).
πέλαγος, πελαγους, τό (by some (e. g. Lob. Pathol. Proleg., p. 805) connected with παξ, i. e. the 'flat' expanse (cf. Latinaequor); but by Curtius, § 367, et al. (cf. Vanicek, p. 515) with πλήσσω, i. e. the 'beating' waves (cf. our 'plash')), from Homer down;
a. properly, the sea i. e. the high sea, the deep (where ships sail; accordingly but a part of the sea, θάλασσα, Aristotle, Probl. sect. 23 quaest. 3 (p. 931{b}, 14f) ἐν τῷ λιμενι ὀλίγη ἐστιν ἡ θάλασσα, ἐν δέ τῷ πελάγει βαθεῖα. Hence) τό πέλαγος τῆς θαλάσσης,aequor maris (A. V. the depth of the sea; cf. Trench, § xiii.), Matthew 18:6 (so too Apollonius Rhodius, 2, 608; πέλαγος αἰγαιας ἁλός, Euripides, Tro. 88; Hesychius πέλαγος ... βυθός, πλάτος θαλάσσης. Cf. Winers Grammar, 611 (568); (Trench, as above)).
b. universally, the sea: τό πέλαγος τό κατά τήν Κιλικίαν, Acts 27:5 (see examples from Greek authors in Passow, under the word πέλαγος, 1; (Liddell and Scott, under I.)).
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** πέλαγος , -ους , τό ,
[in LXX: 2 Maccabees 5:21, 4 Maccabees 7:1*;]
the deep sea, the deep, the sea: Acts 27:5; τὸ Papyri τῆς θαλάσσης , Matthew 18:6.
SYN.: θαλάσσα G2281 (q.v.); and cf. ἄβυσσος G12.
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";bitter,"; (1) literally : P Oxy VIII. 1088.64 (medical receipt—early i/A.D.) καρύων πικρῶ (ν), (2) metaphorically : P Par 63.121 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 28) τὸ. . . δοκοῦν εἶναι πικρόν, ";what appears to be harsh"; (Mahaffy) (cf. James 3:14), PSI I. 28.4 (magic tablet—iii/iv A.D.) πικραῖς μάστιξιν, and Kaibel 640.5 f. (c. ii/A.D.)—
ἑξηκοστὸν ἔτος πανελεύθερον ἐξεβίωσα
καὶ καλὸν τὸ τύχης καὶ πικρὸν οἶδα βίου.
For a contrast with ὀξύς sec Plut. Flam. xvii. 2 πικρὸς μὲν οὖν οὐδενί, πολλοῖς δὲ ὀξὺς ἐδόκει καὶ κοῦφος εἶναι τὴν φύσιν.
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