βάθος [ᾰ], εος, τό, (βαθύς)
depth or
height, accusative as measured up or down, Ταρτάρου βάθη [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; βάθους μετέχειν to be a solid, possessing
depth as well as length and breadth, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to μῆκος, πλάτος, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: with Preps, ἐκ βάθεος
in depth, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ βάθους
through and through, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ βάθος
in a descending scale, metaphorically of causation, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]: frequently in military sense,
depth of a line of battle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
in depth of line, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. τριχῶν, of
long thick hair, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
interior of a country, [
Refs 1st c.BC+];
depth, of perspective in a picture, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
depths, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
deep water, opposed to shallows near shore, [
LXX+NT+4th c.BC+]
b) Astron, ={ταπείνωμα}, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2)
metaphorically, κακῶν ὁρῶν β. [
NT+5th c.BC+];
depth of mind, β. τι ἔχειν γενναῖον, of Parmenides, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν βάθει πόσιος
deep in drink, [
LXX+3rd c.BC+]; τὰ β. τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ Σατανᾶ, [
NT]
3) of literal style,
bathos, ὕψους ἢ β. [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]