Strong G3061λοιμός
pestilence
- Transliteration
- loimos
- Pronunciation
- loy-mos'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; a plague (literally the disease or figuratively a pest): - pestilence (-t).
Detailed definition
λοιμός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX for לוּץ, עָרִיץ, בְּלִיַּעַל, etc.;]
pestilence: pl., Luk.21:11; metaphorically (as in cl.; LXX: Psa.1:1, Pro.21:24, 1Ma.15:21, al.), of persons, a pest: Act.24:5 (also as adj., ἄνδρες λοιμοί, 1Ma.10:61, al.).†
(AS)
[in LXX for לוּץ, עָרִיץ, בְּלִיַּעַל, etc.;]
pestilence: pl., Luk.21:11; metaphorically (as in cl.; LXX: Psa.1:1, Pro.21:24, 1Ma.15:21, al.), of persons, a pest: Act.24:5 (also as adj., ἄνδρες λοιμοί, 1Ma.10:61, al.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3061 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pestilence2
- pestilent1
First verses
- Matthew 24:7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
- Luke 21:11And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
- Acts 24:5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
λοιμός, ὁ,
plague, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.61), compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 243, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.171; λοιμοῦ σκηπτός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 715 (troch.))]; of the plague at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.47, 54, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 201d: _plural_, [prev. work] 188b, +others)]; coupled with λιμός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus and Hdt.[same places], 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.54, Oracle texts cited in 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.135.)]
2 of persons, plague, pest, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.80.)]
II as adjective, pestilent, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.1.16)]; ἀνὴρ λ. καὶ πονηρός[NT+2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 30.22, cf. NT.Act.24.5; λ. οἶνος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Symmachus LXX.Pro.20.1.)]
plague, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.61), compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 243, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.171; λοιμοῦ σκηπτός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 715 (troch.))]; of the plague at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.47, 54, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 201d: _plural_, [prev. work] 188b, +others)]; coupled with λιμός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus and Hdt.[same places], 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.54, Oracle texts cited in 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.135.)]
2 of persons, plague, pest, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.80.)]
II as adjective, pestilent, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.1.16)]; ἀνὴρ λ. καὶ πονηρός[NT+2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 30.22, cf. NT.Act.24.5; λ. οἶνος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Symmachus LXX.Pro.20.1.)]