λιμός
limos
“hunger”
Definition
a scarcity of food
probably from G3007 (λείπω) (through the idea of destitution);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
G:N-M/F
G:N-M/F
Occurrences
λιμός appears 12 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
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!
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.
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.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.