Strong G3040λιμήν
Havens
- Transliteration
- limēn
- Pronunciation
- lee-mane'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word; a harbor : - haven. Compare G2568 .
Detailed definition
λιμήν, -ένος, ὁ
[in LXX: Psa.107:30 (מָחוֹז), Psa.107:35, 1Es.5:55 Est.5:1-2 Est.5:1-73 4Macc 7:1-23 *;]
a harbour, haven: Act.27:8, 12 (cf. Καλοὶ Λιμένες).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Psa.107:30 (מָחוֹז), Psa.107:35, 1Es.5:55 Est.5:1-2 Est.5:1-73 4Macc 7:1-23 *;]
a harbour, haven: Act.27:8, 12 (cf. Καλοὶ Λιμένες).†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Fair Havens
Harbor on Crete; Paul's ship stopped during journey to Rome
Fair Havens, a harbor on the island of Crete where Paul's ship stopped during his journey to Rome.
In the Bible
Strong G3040 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- haven2
First verses
- Acts 27:8And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
- Acts 27:12And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
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Word family
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
λῐμήν, ένσς, ὁ,
harbour, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.432 (here distinguished from ὅρμος, mooringplace), +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 25a, etc.)]; Κανθάρου λ. a dockyard in the Piraeus, with a pun on κάνθαρος just above, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 145 (ubi see Scholia): frequently in _plural_, λιμένες νηῶν ὀχοί 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.404; λιμένες δ᾽ ἔνι ναύλοχοι αὐτῇ 4.846; λιμένες τε πάνορμοι 13.195, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 936, etc.: with _genitive_ objecti, λιμένες θαλάσσης)] havens of refuge from the sea, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.418, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 207.)]
II metaphorically, haven, retreat, refuge, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 460)]; ἑταιρείας λ. a haven of friendship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 683; οὗτος.. λ. πέφανται τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 769: with _genitive_ objecti, λ. κακῶν)] from ills, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 471; ὦ ναυτίλοισι χείματος λ. φανείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 891; ὕπνον.. τῶν καμάτων λ. 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 6.20 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; λ. τῆς πλάνης ἥδε ἡ γῆ μόνη λείπεται 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.58.)]
II.2 gathering-place, receptacle, πλούτου λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 250; μέγας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1077; παντὸς οἰωνοῦ λ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1000)]; Ἅιδου λ. harbour of death, [Refs ([prev. work] 1284 (Lyric poetry))]; ξείνων αἰδοῖοι λιμένες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 112.3)]; βοῆς τῆς σῆς ποῖος οὐκ ἔσται λ.; what place shall not harbour (i.e. receive) thy cry? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 420.)]
III ={ἀγορά} in Thessaly and Paphos, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“IG” 9(2).517.42 (from Larissa), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “Θρασύβουλος - Scripta Minora” 32, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 11.23 (interpolated).)]
IV the source of birth, womb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 98.3, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1208 (Lyric poetry).)]
harbour, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.432 (here distinguished from ὅρμος, mooringplace), +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 25a, etc.)]; Κανθάρου λ. a dockyard in the Piraeus, with a pun on κάνθαρος just above, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 145 (ubi see Scholia): frequently in _plural_, λιμένες νηῶν ὀχοί 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.404; λιμένες δ᾽ ἔνι ναύλοχοι αὐτῇ 4.846; λιμένες τε πάνορμοι 13.195, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 936, etc.: with _genitive_ objecti, λιμένες θαλάσσης)] havens of refuge from the sea, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.418, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 207.)]
II metaphorically, haven, retreat, refuge, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 460)]; ἑταιρείας λ. a haven of friendship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 683; οὗτος.. λ. πέφανται τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 769: with _genitive_ objecti, λ. κακῶν)] from ills, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 471; ὦ ναυτίλοισι χείματος λ. φανείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 891; ὕπνον.. τῶν καμάτων λ. 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 6.20 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; λ. τῆς πλάνης ἥδε ἡ γῆ μόνη λείπεται 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.58.)]
II.2 gathering-place, receptacle, πλούτου λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 250; μέγας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1077; παντὸς οἰωνοῦ λ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1000)]; Ἅιδου λ. harbour of death, [Refs ([prev. work] 1284 (Lyric poetry))]; ξείνων αἰδοῖοι λιμένες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 112.3)]; βοῆς τῆς σῆς ποῖος οὐκ ἔσται λ.; what place shall not harbour (i.e. receive) thy cry? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 420.)]
III ={ἀγορά} in Thessaly and Paphos, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“IG” 9(2).517.42 (from Larissa), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “Θρασύβουλος - Scripta Minora” 32, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 11.23 (interpolated).)]
IV the source of birth, womb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 98.3, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1208 (Lyric poetry).)]