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λοιμός

loimós · G3061 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. plague, pestilence

    A widespread contagious disease, often associated with divine retribution

    Examples

    Luke 21:11 and there will be massive earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrible sights and great signs from heaven.

  2. troublemaker, pest

    (A figurative extension of meaning of λοιμός plague) One who causes all sorts of trouble

    Examples

    Acts 24:5 “For we have found this man a public menace and one who stirs up dissensions among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

How it’s used In 2 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries
Troublemaker, pest22.6
λοιμός can name a person regarded as a dangerous troublemaker or public menace. Acts 24:5 records the prosecutor Tertullus accusing Paul before Felix, calling him “a public menace and one who stirs up dissensions among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,” the λοιμὸν naming Paul as this alleged troublemaker.
Plague, pestilence23.158
λοιμός also names a literal plague or pestilence, a form of widespread calamity. Luke 21:11 records Jesus foretelling end-time signs, “there will be massive earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrible sights and great signs from heaven,” the λοιμοὶ naming this pestilence.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon λοιμοῦ, ὁ (from Homer down), pestilence; plural a pestilence in divers regions (see…
λοιμοῦ, ὁ (from Homer down), pestilence; plural a pestilence in divers regions (see λιμός), Mt 24:7 (R G Tr marginal reading brackets); Lk 21:11; metaphorically, like the Latinpestis (Terence, Adelph. 2, 1, 35; Cicero, Cat. 2, 1), a pestilent fellow, pest, plague: Acts 24:5 (so Demosthenes, p. 794, 5; Aelian v. h. 14, 11; Prov 21:24; plural, Ps 1:1; Ps 1:1 Macc. 15:21; ἄνδρες λοιμοί, 1 Macc. 10:61, cf. 1 Sam 10:27; 1 Sam 25:17, etc.).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Trouble, Hardship, Distress1 occurrenceSickness, Disease, Weakness1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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