Quick Definition
smooth, level
Strong's Definition
smooth, i.e. "level"
Derivation: apparently a primary word;
KJV Usage: smooth
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λεῖος, λεῖα, λειον (cf. Latinlevis), smooth, level: opposed to τραχύς, of ways, Luk_3:5. (Isa_40:4 Alex.; Pro_2:20; 1Sa_17:40; in Greek writings from Homer down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λεῖος leios 1x
smooth, level, plain, Luk_3:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λεῖος , -εία , -εῖον ,
[in LXX : Gen_27:11 , 1Sa_17:40 R ( H2505 , H2512 ); ὁδὸς λ ., Isa_40:4 Α ( H1237 ); Pro_2:20 ; Pro_12:13 ; Pro_26:23 * ;]
smooth: opp . to τραχύς , Luk_3:5 ( LXX ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λεῖος [page 372]
BGU III. 781 ii. 15 (i/A.D.) ἄλλα λεῖα ( unengraved ) πυθμένια , ib. I. 162 .5 (ii/iii A.D.) ἄλλο (πλάτυμμα ) ᾱ ὁμοῖως χρυσοῦν μεικρὸν λεῖον χωρὶ [ς θ ]εοῦ , Michel 833 .27 (B.C. 279) φιάλαι χρυσαῖ λεῖαι ἑπτά . Λεῖος < *λει ϝος shows kinship with the Lat. l̯ vis, which is similarly used of unchased silver, e.g. Juv. Sat. xiv. 62.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
λεῖος λεῖος, η, ον Lat. levis, smooth, Il. , Plat. , etc.:—of cloths, "smooth, plain, not embroidered", Thuc. "smooth, level, flat", of land, Hom. ; λεῖα δ᾽ ἐποίησεν [θεμείλια] levelled them with the ground, Il. :—c. gen., χῶρος λεῖος πετράων "smooth" (i. e. "free) from" rocks, Od. "smooth-skinned, beardless", Theocr. metaph. "smooth, soft", of wind, Ar. ; of words, Aesch.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
λεῖος, -εία, -εῖον
[in LXX: Gen.27:11, 1Ki.17:40 R (חָלַק, חַלֻּק); ὁδὸς λ., Isa.40:4 Α (בִּקְעָה); Pro.2:20 12:13 26:23 * ;]
smooth: opposite to τραχύς, Luk.3:5 (LXX).†
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