Word Summary
platynō: to make broad
Original Word: πλατύνωTransliteration: platynō
Phonetic Spelling: (plat-oo'-no)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make broad
Meaning: to make broad
Strong's Concordance
make broad, enlarge.
From platus; to widen (literally or figuratively) -- make broad, enlarge.
see GREEK platus
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4115: πλατύνωπλατύνω; passive, perfect 3 person singular
πεπλάτυνται (see
μιαίνω); 1 aorist
ἐπλατυνθην; (
πλατύς);
to make broad, to enlarge:
τί,
Matthew 23:5;
ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν πεπλάτυνται, our heart expands itself namely, to receive you into it, i. e. to welcome and embrace you in love,
2 Corinthians 6:11 (
πλατύνειν τήν καρδίαν for
לֵב הִרְחִב, to open the heart namely, to instruction,
Psalm 118:32 () (cf. Winer's Grammar, 30)); πλατύνθητε καί ὑμεῖς, be ye also enlarged in heart, viz. to receive me therein, 2 Corinthians 6:13. (Xenophon, Plutarch, Anthol., others.)