STRONGS G3989:
πέλαγος,
πελαγους,
τό (by some (e. g. Lob. Pathol. Proleg., p. 805) connected with
παξ, i. e. the 'flat' expanse (cf. Latin
aequor); 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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