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Lexicon :: Strong's G3042 - limos

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λιμός
Transliteration
limos (Key)
Pronunciation
lee-mos'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from λείπω (G3007) (through the idea of destitution)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:12,820

Strong’s Definitions

λιμός limós, lee-mos'; probably from G3007 (through the idea of destitution); a scarcity of food:—dearth, famine, hunger.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G3042 in the following manner: famine (7x), hunger (3x), dearth (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G3042 in the following manner: famine (7x), hunger (3x), dearth (2x).

  1. scarcity of harvest, famine

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λιμός limós, lee-mos'; probably from G3007 (through the idea of destitution); a scarcity of food:—dearth, famine, hunger.
STRONGS G3042:
λιμός, λιμοῦ, ὁ (and ἡ in Doric and later writings; so L T Tr WH in Luke 15:14; Acts 11:28; so, too, in Isaiah 8:21; 1 Kings 18:2; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 188; (Liddell and Scott, under the word at the beginning; WHs Appendix, p. 157a); Buttmann, 12 (11); Winers Grammar, 63 (62) (cf. 36), and 526 (490)); the Sept. very often for רָעָב; hunger: Luke 15:17; Romans 8:35; ἐν λιμῷ καί δίψει, 2 Corinthians 11:21; Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 13; equivalent to scarcity of harvest, famine: Luke 4:25; Luke 15:14; Acts 7:11; Acts 11:28 (cf. Buttmann, 81 (71)); Revelation 6:8; Revelation 18:8; λιμοί, famines in divers lands, Mark 13:8; λιμοί καί λοιμοί, Matthew 24:7 (L T Tr text WH omit καί λοιμοί); Luke 21:11; Theophilus ad Autol. 2, 9; the two are joined in the singular in Hesiod, Works, 226; Herodotus 7, 171; Philo, vit. Moys. i. § 19; Plutarch, de Isa. et Osir. 47.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
18:2
Isaiah
8:21
Matthew
24:7
Mark
13:8
Luke
4:25; 15:14; 15:14; 15:17; 21:11
Acts
7:11; 11:28; 11:28
Romans
8:35
2 Corinthians
11:21
Revelation
6:8; 18:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3042 matches the Greek λιμός (limos),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:7 - For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, G3042 and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:8 - For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines G3042 and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine G3042 was throughout all the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine G3042 in that land; and he began to be in want.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:17 - And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! G3042

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:11 - And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, G3042 and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:11 - Now there came a dearth G3042 over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:28 - And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth G3042 throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:35 - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, G3042 or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:27 - In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger G3042 and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:8 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, G3042 and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:8 - Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; G3042 and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
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