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Strong's #3977 - πεδινός
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πεδινός, v. πεδιεινός.
πεδῐεινός, ή, όν,
flat, level, χῶρος Hdt. 7.198 (v.l. cross πεδινός) ; πεδιναὶ ὑποχωρήσεις Plb. 1.34.8; τὰ πεδινά Arist. Pr. 880b28, Aen.Tact. 1.2, Onos. 18, Plu. Nic. 26: Comp. πεδιεινότερος Pl. Lg. 704d; πεδινώτερος X. An. 5.5.2.
II of the plain, found on the plain, opp. ὄρειος, λαγώς Id. Cyn. 5.17. (πεδινός, v.l. cross πεδεινός) ; [δένδρα] πεδεινά Thphr. HP 1.8.1, cf. 3.11.2; πεδινὸν ἄνθος, = cross ἀργεμώνη, Ps.- Dsc. 2.177. (πεδιεινός may have become πεδῑνός (written also πεδεινός) about 150 B.C.; πεδῐνός is dub., since πεδινώτερος may be f. l. in X. An. l. c.)
πεδινός, πεδινῇ, πεδινον (πεδίον (a plain), πέδον (the ground)), level, plain: Luke 6:17. (Xenophon, Polybius, Plutarch, Dio Cass., others; the Sept..)
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πεδινός , -ή , -όν
(< πεδίον , a plain),
[in LXX chiefly for H8219 (ἡ Papyri);]
level, plain: Luke 6:17.†
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";spring"; : cf. BGU IV. 1120.48 (B.C. 5) τὴν ] ἐν τῇ ἀντλίᾳ πηγήν, ";the spring in the ship’s hold,"; OGIS 168.9 (B.C. 116–81) ἡ τοῦ Νείλου πηγὴ ὀνομαζομέ [νη, and Aristeas 89 πηγῆς ἔσωθεν πολυρρύτου φυσικῶς ἐπιρρεούσης. The word is used metaphorically in Kaibel 463.1 (ii/iii A.D.) βέβηκα πηγὰς εἰς ἐμάς, ";unde nata sum redeo,"; and in the Christian ib. 725.2 ff.—
λαβὼ [ν πηγὴ ]ν ἄμβροτον ἐν βροτέοις
θεσπεσίων ὑδά [τω ]ν τήν σήν, φίλε, θάλπεο ψυχήν
ὕδασιν ἀενάοις πλουτοδότου σοφίης.
For the contrast with φρέαρ, ";well,"; as in John 4:11 ff., cf. M. Anton. viii. 51 πῶς οὖν πηγὴν ἀέναον ἕξεις καὶ μὴ φρέαρ; ";how then possess thyself of a living fountain and no mere well?"; (Haines). See also Ramsay Recent Discovery p. 308 n..2 MGr πηγή, πηγάδι, ";fountain,"; ";spring.";
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