Strong G3041λίμνη
lake
- Transliteration
- limnē
- Pronunciation
- lim'-nay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably from G3040 (through the idea of the nearness of shore); a pond (large or small): - lake.
Detailed definition
λίμνη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX: Psa.107:35 114:8 (אֲגַם), Sng.7:5 (בְּרֵכָה) 1Ma.11:35, 2Ma.12:16 *;]
a lake: of the Sea of Galilee (Mt, Mk, see: θάλασσα), Luk.5:2 8:22-23, 33; λ. Γεννησαρέτ (which see), Luk.5:1; λ. τ. πυρός, Rev.19:20 20:10, 14-15; καιομένη πυρί, Rev.21:8.†
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[in LXX: Psa.107:35 114:8 (אֲגַם), Sng.7:5 (בְּרֵכָה) 1Ma.11:35, 2Ma.12:16 *;]
a lake: of the Sea of Galilee (Mt, Mk, see: θάλασσα), Luk.5:2 8:22-23, 33; λ. Γεννησαρέτ (which see), Luk.5:1; λ. τ. πυρός, Rev.19:20 20:10, 14-15; καιομένη πυρί, Rev.21:8.†
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In the Bible
Strong G3041 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lake10
First verses
- Luke 5:1And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
- Luke 5:2And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
- Luke 8:22Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
- Luke 8:23But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
- Luke 8:33Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
- Revelation 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
- Revelation 20:10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
- Revelation 20:14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
- Revelation 20:15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
- Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
λίμν-η, ἡ,
pool of standing water left by the sea or a river, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.317)]: hence, marshy lake, mere, distinguished from ἕλος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 114e, “Lg.” 824c; Βοιβηΐς λ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.711)]; Γυγαίη[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 865; Κηφισίς 5.709; λ. Γοργῶπις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 302; Μαιῶτις [prev. author] “Pr.” 419 (Lyric poetry), compare 729, “Pers.” 871 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.86; ἡ Βόλβη λ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.103)]; λ. τροχοειδής, at Delos, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.170, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 9.)]
b also, artificial pool or basin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.185, 191, +others, “SIG” 799 ii 3 (Cyzic., 1st c.AD).)]
2 in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] and other Poets, the sea, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.79, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.1; βένθεσι λίμνης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.21, 32)]: so in Trag. in Lyric poetry, λίμνᾳ πορφυροειδεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 529; ἐπ᾽ οἶδμα λίμνας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 476, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 446; Πόσειδον, ὃς γλαυκᾶς μέδεις.. λίμνας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 371)]; Μηλίδα πὰρ λ. by the Malian bay, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 636.)]
II Λίμναι, αἱ, (used without the article), a quarter of Athens (once probably marshy), near the Acropolis, in which stood the Lenaeum, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 216, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.35, etc., compare λιμναῖος 11.)]
II.2 a quarter or suburb of Sparta, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.5.1.)]
II.3 a place in Messenia, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.4.9.)]
pool of standing water left by the sea or a river, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.317)]: hence, marshy lake, mere, distinguished from ἕλος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 114e, “Lg.” 824c; Βοιβηΐς λ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.711)]; Γυγαίη[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 865; Κηφισίς 5.709; λ. Γοργῶπις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 302; Μαιῶτις [prev. author] “Pr.” 419 (Lyric poetry), compare 729, “Pers.” 871 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.86; ἡ Βόλβη λ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.103)]; λ. τροχοειδής, at Delos, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.170, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 9.)]
b also, artificial pool or basin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.185, 191, +others, “SIG” 799 ii 3 (Cyzic., 1st c.AD).)]
2 in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] and other Poets, the sea, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.79, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.1; βένθεσι λίμνης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.21, 32)]: so in Trag. in Lyric poetry, λίμνᾳ πορφυροειδεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 529; ἐπ᾽ οἶδμα λίμνας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 476, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 446; Πόσειδον, ὃς γλαυκᾶς μέδεις.. λίμνας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 371)]; Μηλίδα πὰρ λ. by the Malian bay, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 636.)]
II Λίμναι, αἱ, (used without the article), a quarter of Athens (once probably marshy), near the Acropolis, in which stood the Lenaeum, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 216, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.35, etc., compare λιμναῖος 11.)]
II.2 a quarter or suburb of Sparta, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.5.1.)]
II.3 a place in Messenia, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.4.9.)]