STRONGS G4115:
πλατύνω; 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 (
Ps. 119:32) (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.)
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