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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)
Dictionary Aids

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, (and 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:7 -

“For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines[fn] and earthquakes in various places.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:8 -

“For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines.[fn] These are the beginning of birth pains.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 -

“But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 -

“After he had spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he had nothing.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:17 -

“When he came to his senses,[fn] he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger![fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:11 -

“There will be violent earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:11 -

“Now a famine and great suffering came over all of Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:28 -

One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world.[fn] This took place during the reign of Claudius.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:35 -

Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:27 -

toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:8 -

And I looked, and there was a pale green[fn] horse. Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following after him. They were[fn] given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:8 -

For this reason her plagues will come in just one day —

death and grief and famine.

She will be burned up with fire,

because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.

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