πλήμμυρα
plḗmmyra · G4132 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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flood, high water
The overflowing of the banks by a river or stream
ExamplesLuke 6:48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the river burst against that house and yet it could not shake it, because it had been well built.
How it’s used In 1 role
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the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- κατακλυσμός kataklysmós · G2627 · flood, deluge
- πλημμύρα and κατακλυσμός both denote flooding events. πλημμύρα is used in a more everyday, illustrative register, as in a parable, while κατακλυσμός denotes flooding in a historical-theological sense, the flood of Noah; both name the same basic phenomenon of inundation, differing in typical context of use.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Flood, high water14.33
- πλήμμυρα names a flood or rising of water. Luke's parable of the two builders describes the test the well-built house withstood: “he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the river burst against that house and yet it could not shake it, because it had been well built” (Luke 6:48).
Word family 22 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (so all editions) (or πλημυρα (cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. § 7 Anm. 17 note;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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