χάσμα, ατος, τό,
(χαίνω)
yawning chasm, gulf, χ. μέγα, of Tartarus, Hes. Th. 740; Ταρτάρου.. ἄβυσσα χ. E. Ph. 1605; χ. γῆς Hdt. 7.30; τὰ χ. τῆς γῆς Pl. Phd. 111e; χθονός, πέτρας, E. Ion 281, IT 626; σεισμοὶ καὶ χάσματα Jul.Laod. in Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.134.
II open, gaping mouth, χ. θηρός E. HF 363 (lyr.); as forming a helmet, Id. Rh. 209; of a yawning gulf, χάρυβδις.. ἄρμα περιβαλοῦσα χάσματι Id. Supp. 501; Σκύλλης χάσμασιν AP 11.379 (Agath.); χ. φάρυγος, of a lion, ib. 6.218 (Alc.); χ. ὀδόντων Anacreont. 24.4, etc.
III generally, any wide opening, θυρέτρων χ. ἀχανές Parm. 1.18; also, expanse, of the sky and sea, χ. πελάγεος τὸ δὴ Αἰγαῖον καλέεται Hdt. 4.85; τὸ χ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Pl. R. 614d.
G5490 — χάσμα
χασματος, τό (χαίνω to yawn), a gaping opening, a chasm, gulf: equivalent to a great interval, [Luk 16:26]. (Hesiod theog. 740; Euripides, Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others.)
χάσμα , - τος , τό
( < χάσκω , to yawn),
[in LXX : [2Sa 18:17] (H6354) * ;]
a chasm, wide space: [Luk 16:26]. †