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Strong's G3977 πεδινός (pedinos)

Pedinos means “plain” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3977 — mozen (“balances”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3977
Language Greek
Linked Usages 23
Books 12

Strong's G3977 Quick Answer

Strong's G3977 πεδινός (pedinos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pedinos (ped-ee-nos') adj. 1. level (as easy for the feet) [from a derivative of G4228 (meaning the ground)] It has 23 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include plain. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
pedinos (ped-ee-nos') adj. 1. level (as easy for the feet) [from a derivative of G4228 (meaning the ground)]
Usage
23 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
plain

Meaning and Definition

pedinos (ped-ee-nos') adj. 1. level (as easy for the feet) [from a derivative of G4228 (meaning the ground)] KJV: plain Root(s): G4228

Original Word
πεδινός
Transliteration
pedinos
Derivation
Root: πούς R1: 4228
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3977. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

level

Usage: πεδινός, -ή, -όν (πεδίον, a plain), [in LXX chiefly for שְׁפֵלָה (ἡ π.) ;] level, plain: Luk.6:17.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3977 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pedinos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

plain Luke 6:17

How Strong's G3977 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 19 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3977 (πεδινός) appears 22 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3977 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3977 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Luke 6:17 KJV

And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

Strong's G3977 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

19 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 4:43 Septuagint / Brenton

Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead belonging to Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to Manasseh.

Deuteronomy 11:11 Septuagint / Brenton

but the land into which thou goest to inherit it, is a land of mountains and plains; it shall drink water of the rain of heaven.

Joshua 9:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And when the kings of the Amorites on the other side of Jordan, who were in the mountain country, and in the plain, and in all the coast of the great sea, and those who were near Antilebanon, and the Hittites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Amorites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites, heard of it,

Strong's G3977 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 6:11 Septuagint / Brenton

So his servants took him, and brought him out of the camp into the plain, and they went from the midst of the plain into the hill country, and came unto the fountains that were under Bethulia.

Judith 15:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And the children of Israel that returned from the slaughter had that which remained; and the villages and the cities, that were in the mountains and in the plain, got many spoils: for the multitude was very great.

1 Maccabees 3:40 Septuagint / Brenton

So they went forth with all their power, and came and pitched by Emmaus in the plain country.

Usage Excerpts

First 23 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3977.

Deuteronomy 4:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead belonging to Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to Manasseh.
Deuteronomy 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but the land into which thou goest to inherit it, is a land of mountains and plains; it shall drink water of the rain of heaven.
Joshua 9:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the kings of the Amorites on the other side of Jordan, who were in the mountain country, and in the plain, and in all the coast of the great sea, and those who were near Antilebanon, and the Hittites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Amorites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites, heard of it,
Joshua 10:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua smote all the land of the hill country, and Negeb and the plain country, and Asedoth, and her kings, they did not leave of them one that was saved: and they utterly destroyed everything that had the breath of life, as the Lord God of Israel commanded,
Joshua 11:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua took all the hill country, and all the land of Negeb, and all the land of Goshen, and the plain country, and that toward the west, and the mountain of Israel and the low country by the mountain;
Joshua 15:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the plain country Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
Judges 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight with the Canaanite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country.
3 Kingdoms 10:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
1 Chronicles 27:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And over the olive yards, and over the sycamores in the plain country was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the stores of oil was Joash.
2 Chronicles 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem to be as stones, and cedars in Judea as sycamores in the plain for multitude.
2 Chronicles 9:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as the sycamore trees in the plain for abundance.
2 Chronicles 26:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many wells, for he had many cattle in the low country and in the plain; and vinedressers in the mountain country and in Carmel: for he was a husbandman.
2 Chronicles 28:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also the Philistines had made an attack on the cities of the plain country, and the cities of the south of Judah, and taken Beth-shemesh, and the things in the house of the Lord, and the things in the house of the king, and of the princes: and they gave to the King Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco and her villages, and Timnah and her villages, and Gimzo and her villages: and they dwelt there.
Isaiah 13:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up a standard on the mountain of the plain, exalt the voice to them, beckon with the hand, open the gates, ye rulers.
Isaiah 32:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the hail should come down, it shall not come upon you; and they that dwell in the forests shall be in confidence, as those in the plain country.
Jeremiah 17:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And men shall come out of the cities of Judah, and from round about Jerusalem, and out of the land of Benjamin, and out of the plain country, and from the hill country, and from the south country, bringing whole burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and incense, and manna, and frankincense, bringing praise to the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 21:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I am against thee that dwellest in the Valley of Sor; in the plain country, even against them that say, Who shall alarm us? or who shall enter into our habitation?
Jeremiah 31:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And destruction shall come upon every city, it shall by no means escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain country shall be completely destroyed, as the Lord has said.
Zechariah 7:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Are not these the words which the Lord spoke by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities round about her, and the hill country and the low country was inhabited?
Luke 6:17 New Testament, KJV
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
Judith 6:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So his servants took him, and brought him out of the camp into the plain, and they went from the midst of the plain into the hill country, and came unto the fountains that were under Bethulia.
Judith 15:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel that returned from the slaughter had that which remained; and the villages and the cities, that were in the mountains and in the plain, got many spoils: for the multitude was very great.
1 Maccabees 3:40 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So they went forth with all their power, and came and pitched by Emmaus in the plain country.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3977, grouped by book.

Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3977 FAQ

What does pedinos (πεδινός) mean?

Pedinos (Strong's G3977) is a Greek word most simply glossed "plain". pedinos (ped-ee-nos') adj. 1. level (as easy for the feet) [from a derivative of G4228 (meaning the ground)]

How many times is pedinos (πεδινός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 23 linked usages for Strong's G3977 across 12 books.

Where can I study pedinos (πεδινός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3977 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate pedinos (πεδινός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as plain. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3977 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 19 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3977, with linked reader references where each row is available.