Broad
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
(2): (superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; - applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
(3): (superl.) Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
(4): (superl.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
(5): (superl.) Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; - opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
(6): (superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
(7): (superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
(8): (superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
(9): (superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
(10): (n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
(11): (n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
(12): (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
(13): (superl.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
King James Dictionary [2]
BROAD, a. brawd. L. gradior a root of extensive use.
1. Wide extended in breadth, or from side to side, as distinguished from long, or extended from end to end. It is opposed to narrow as a broad street a broad table. 2. Wide extensive vast as the broad expanse of ocean. 3. Large as a broad mixture of falsehood. 4. Open clear not covered,confined or concealed as in broad sunshine. 5. Gross coarse as broad mirth broad nonsense. 6. Plain tending to obscenity as a broad comment. 7. Bold not delicate not reserved as broad words. 8. Comprehensive.
It may be urged that the words in the constitution are broad enough to include the case.
Broad as long, equal upon the whole.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [3]
Job 36:16 (a) By this is declared the liberty, largeness, and freedom of that one who is blessed by the Lord.
Matthew 7:13 (a) Here is indicated the widespread popularity of the path that leads to hell.
Matthew 23:5 (a) This indicates the desire of the hypocrite to advertise his pious character.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
brôd ( רחב , rōḥabh , "width"; רחב , reḥōbh , "a broadway," "street," "court"; ἐυρύχωρος , eurúchōros , "spacious"): Occurs frequently as a term of dimension ( Exodus 27:1; 1 Kings 6:6; Ezekiel 40:6 , Ezekiel 40:43 the Revised Version (British and American), "handbreadth long") and as indicative of strength ( Nehemiah 3:8; Jeremiah 51:58 ). The centers of communal life are called the "broad places," often rendered "streets" ( Jeremiah 5:1; Song of Solomon 3:2; Nahum 2:4 ). A court before the temple: "the broad place on the east" (the King James Version "the east street," 2 Chronicles 29:4 ); "broad plates" ( Numbers 16:38 , Numbers 16:39 , the Revised Version (British and American) "beaten").
Figurative: Relief from distress: "Yea, he would have allured thee out of (Hebrew "the mouth of") distress into a broad place" ( Job 36:16 ); the liberty of obedience or liberty within the law ( Psalm 119:96 , "broad," "roomy," "at liberty"); the all-sufficiency of God for His people ( Isaiah 33:21 ). Jerusalem could not boast of a river or navy - Y ahweh's presence with and within her would more than supply these deficiencies; the road to destruction: "Broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction" ( Matthew 7:13 ); the ostentatious piety of the Pharisees: "They make broad (πλατύνω , platúnō , "widen") their phylacteries" ( Matthew 23:5 ). See City; Gate .
