λίμνη
limnē
“lake”
Definition
a pond (large or small)
probably from G3040 (λιμήν) (through the idea of nearness of shore);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
λίμνη appears 10 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
One day Jesus said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side of the lake.” So He got into a boat with them and set out.
Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.