Strong G4132πλήμμυρα
flood
- Transliteration
- plēmmura
- Pronunciation
- plame-moo'-rah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Prolongation from G4130; flood tide that is (by analogy) a freshet: - flood.
Detailed definition
πλήμμυρα, -ης (for Att.. -ας, see Bl., § 7, 1)
(πλήθω), [in LXX: π. γένεσθαι, Job.40:18 (23) (נָהָר עָשַׁק) *;]
a flood (of sea or river): Luk.6:48.†
(AS)
(πλήθω), [in LXX: π. γένεσθαι, Job.40:18 (23) (נָהָר עָשַׁק) *;]
a flood (of sea or river): Luk.6:48.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4132 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- flood1
First verses
- Luke 6:48He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πλήμῡρ-α, ἡ,
={πλημυρίς}, flood-tide, flood, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 29, LXX.Job.40.18(23), “Placita Philosophorum” 3.17.1, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.71, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.291 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus), NT.Luke.6.48, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 3, etc.)]; inundation of the Nile, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1409.17 (3rd c.AD))]: metaphorically, λόγου [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.175, compare 690 (_plural_); κακῶν 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 11.157.)]
2 in Medicine texts, accumulation, excessive flow, Lycusap.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.25.39, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 2.9, “SD” 2.2.)]
={πλημυρίς}, flood-tide, flood, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 29, LXX.Job.40.18(23), “Placita Philosophorum” 3.17.1, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.71, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.291 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus), NT.Luke.6.48, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 3, etc.)]; inundation of the Nile, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1409.17 (3rd c.AD))]: metaphorically, λόγου [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.175, compare 690 (_plural_); κακῶν 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 11.157.)]
2 in Medicine texts, accumulation, excessive flow, Lycusap.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.25.39, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 2.9, “SD” 2.2.)]