Lexical Summary chasma: a chasm, wide space Original Word: χάσμαTransliteration: chasma Phonetic Spelling: (khas'-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a chasm, wide space Meaning: a chasm, wide space Strong's Concordance gulf. From a form of an obsolete primary chao (to "gape" or "yawn"); a "chasm" or vacancy (impassable interval) -- gulf. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5490: χάσμαχάσμα, χασματος, τό (χαίνω to yawn), a gaping opening, a chasm, gulf: equivalent to a great interval, Luke 16:26. (Hesiod theog. 740; Euripides, Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others.) |
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