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Lexicon :: Strong's G4127 - plēgē

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πληγή
Transliteration
plēgē (Key)
Pronunciation
play-gay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

πληγή plēgḗ, play-gay'; from G4141; a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity:—plague, stripe, wound(-ed).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's G4127 in the following manner: plague (12x), stripe (5x), wound (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's G4127 in the following manner: plague (12x), stripe (5x), wound (4x).

  1. a blow, stripe, a wound

  2. a public calamity, heavy affliction, plague,

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πληγή plēgḗ, play-gay'; from G4141; a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity:—plague, stripe, wound(-ed).
STRONGS G4127:
πληγή, πληγῆς, ἡ (πλήσσω), from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for מַכָּה, also for מַגֵּפָה;
1. a blow, stripe: plural, Luke 10:30; Luke 10:43; Acts 16:23, 33; 2 Corinthians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 11:23; a wound: ἡ πληγή τοῦ θανάτου, deadly wound (R. V. death-stroke), Revelation 13:3, 12; τῆς μαχαίρας, wound made by a sword (sword-stroke), Revelation 13:14. (On its idiomatic omission (Luke 12:47, etc.) cf. Buttmann, 82 (72); Winer's Grammar, § 64, 4.)
2. a public calamity, heavy affliction (cf. English plague) (now tormenting now destroying the bodies of men, and sent by God as a punishment): Revelation 9:18 (Rec. omits), Revelation 9:20; Revelation 11:6; 15:1,6,8; 16:9,(Revelation 16:21); Revelation 18:4,8; 21:9; 22:18. (Cf. πληγή Διός, Sophocles Aj. 137 (cf. 279); others.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
10:30; 12:47
Acts
16:23; 16:33
2 Corinthians
6:5; 11:23
Revelation
9:18; 9:20; 11:6; 13:3; 13:12; 13:14; 15:1; 15:6; 15:8; 16:9; 16:21; 18:4; 18:8; 21:9; 22:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4127 matches the Greek πληγή (plēgē),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:30 - Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48 - But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:23 - And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:33 - And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:5 - beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23 - Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:18 - By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:20 - The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6 - They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 - One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:12 - It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence,[fn] and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:14 - and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of[fn] the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:1 - Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:6 - and out of the sanctuary came the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright linen, with golden sashes around their chests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:8 - and the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:9 - They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed[fn] the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:21 - And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds[fn] each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:4 - Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
“Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:8 - For this reason her plagues will come in a single day,
death and mourning and famine,
and she will be burned up with fire;
for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:9 - Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:18 - I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book,
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