GreekG3042Noun

λιμός

limos

12Occurrences
G3042Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a scarcity of food

probably from G3007 (λείπω) (through the idea of destitution);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(so in Att. ; in Dor. ἡ, and so sometimes in LXX, see Th., Gr., 146; in NT: cf. M, Pr., 60), hunger, famine: " (LXX); λ. καὶ δίψος; pl.
LXX: chiefly for רָעָב

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

G:N-M/F

Full Description

G:N-M/F

Occurrences

λιμός appears 12 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
4
Acts
2
Revelation
2
2 Corinthians
1
Matthew
1
Mark
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

2 Corinthians 11:27BSB

in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

Acts 7:11BSB

Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

Luke 15:17BSB

Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!

Luke 4:25BSB

But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

Mark 13:8BSB

Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

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