Strong's Greek · G5490

χάσμα

chásma

gulf

Definition

a "chasm" or vacancy (impassable interval)

Derivation

from a form of an obsolete primary (to "gape" or "yawn");

Appears 1 time in Scripture

Luke 16:26

And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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