Lexicon :: Strong's G3042 - limos

λιμός

Transliteration

limos (Key)

Pronunciation

lee-mos'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Probably from λείπω (G3007) (through the idea of destitution)

Greek Inflections of λιμός [?]

mGNT
12x in 6 unique form(s) TR
12x in 5 unique form(s) LXX
100x in 6 unique form(s)

λιμοὶ — 3x

λιμὸν — 1x

λιμὸς — 4x

λιμός — 1x

λιμῷ — 3x

λιμοὶ — 2x

λιμοί — 1x

λιμὸν — 1x

λιμὸς — 4x

λιμός — 1x

λιμῷ — 3x

λιμὸν — 14x

λιμόν — 3x

λιμὸς — 28x

λιμός — 5x

λιμοῦ — 21x

λιμῷ — 29x

Dictionary Aids

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TDNT Reference: 6:12,820

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

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

View OT results in the LXX Greek concordance

View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

Mat 24:7

Mat 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.

Mar 13:8

Mar 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.

Luk 4:25

Luk 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;

Luk 15:14

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

Luk 15:17

Luk 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

Luk 21:11

Luk 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.

Act 7:11

Act 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.

Act 11:28

Act 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.

Rom 8:35

Rom 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?

2Co 11:27

2Co 11:27 - In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger^G3042 and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

Rev 6:8

Rev 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.

Rev 18:8

Rev 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.