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Lexicon :: Strong's G3042 - limos

Aa
λιμός
Transliteration
limos (Key)
Pronunciation
lee-mos'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from λείπω (G3007) (through the idea of destitution)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:12,820

Strong’s Definitions

λιμός limós, lee-mos'; probably from G3007 (through the idea of destitution); a scarcity of food:—dearth, famine, hunger.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G3042 in the following manner: famine (7x), hunger (3x), dearth (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G3042 in the following manner: famine (7x), hunger (3x), dearth (2x).

  1. scarcity of harvest, famine

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λιμός limós, lee-mos'; probably from G3007 (through the idea of destitution); a scarcity of food:—dearth, famine, hunger.
STRONGS G3042:
λιμός, λιμοῦ, ὁ (and ἡ in Doric and later writings; so L T Tr WH in Luke 15:14; Acts 11:28; so, too, in Isaiah 8:21; 1 Kings 18:2; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 188; (Liddell and Scott, under the word at the beginning; WHs Appendix, p. 157a); Buttmann, 12 (11); Winers Grammar, 63 (62) (cf. 36), and 526 (490)); the Sept. very often for רָעָב; hunger: Luke 15:17; Romans 8:35; ἐν λιμῷ καί δίψει, 2 Corinthians 11:21; Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 13; equivalent to scarcity of harvest, famine: Luke 4:25; Luke 15:14; Acts 7:11; Acts 11:28 (cf. Buttmann, 81 (71)); Revelation 6:8; Revelation 18:8; λιμοί, famines in divers lands, Mark 13:8; λιμοί καί λοιμοί, Matthew 24:7 (L T Tr text WH omit καί λοιμοί); Luke 21:11; Theophilus ad Autol. 2, 9; the two are joined in the singular in Hesiod, Works, 226; Herodotus 7, 171; Philo, vit. Moys. i. § 19; Plutarch, de Isa. et Osir. 47.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
18:2
Isaiah
8:21
Matthew
24:7
Mark
13:8
Luke
4:25; 15:14; 15:14; 15:17; 21:11
Acts
7:11; 11:28; 11:28
Romans
8:35
2 Corinthians
11:21
Revelation
6:8; 18:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3042 matches the Greek λιμός (limos),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:7 - “For nation G1484 will rise G1453 against G1909 nation, G1484 and kingdom G932 against G1909 kingdom, G932 and in various G2596 places G5117 there will be famines G3042 and earthquakes. G4578

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:8 - “For nation G1484 will rise G1453 up against G1909 nation, G1484 and kingdom G932 against G1909 kingdom; G932 there will be earthquakes G4578 in various G2596 places; G5117 there will also be famines. G3042 These G3778 things G3778 are merely the beginning G746 of birth G5604 pangs. G5604

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - “But I say G3004 to you in truth, G225 there were many G4183 widows G5503 in Israel G2474 in the days G2250 of Elijah, G2243 when G3753 the sky G3772 was shut G2808 up for three G5140 years G2094 and six G1803 months, G3376 when G5613 a great G3173 famine G3042 came G1096 over G1909 all G3956 the land; G1093

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - “Now G1161 when he had spent G1159 everything, G3956 a severe G2478 famine G3042 occurred G1096 in that country, G5561 and he began G757 to be impoverished. G5302

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:17 - “But when he came G2064 to [fn]his senses, G1438 he said, G5346 ‘How G4214 many G4214 of my father’s G3962 hired G3407 men G3407 have G4052 more G4052 than G4052 enough G4052 bread, G740 but I am dying G622 here G5602 with hunger! G3042

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:11 - and there will be great G3173 earthquakes, G4578 and in various G2596 places G5117 plagues G3061 and famines; G3042 and there will be terrors G5400 and great G3173 [fn]signs G4592 from heaven. G3772

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:11 - “Now G1161 a famine G3042 came G2064 over G1909 all G3650 Egypt G125 and Canaan, G5477 and great G3173 affliction G2347 with it, and our fathers G3962 [fn]could find G2147 no G3756 food. G5527

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:28 - One G1520 of them named G3686 Agabus G13 stood G450 up and began to indicate G4591 [fn]by the Spirit G4151 that there would G3195 certainly G3195 be a great G3173 famine G3042 all G3650 over G1909 the [fn]world. G3625 [fn]And this G3748 took G1096 place G1096 in the reign of Claudius. G2804

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:35 - Who G5101 will separate G5563 us from the love G26 of [fn]Christ? G5547 Will tribulation, G2347 or G2228 distress, G4730 or G2228 persecution, G1375 or G2228 famine, G3042 or G2228 nakedness, G1132 or G2228 peril, G2794 or G2228 sword? G3162

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:27 - I have been in labor G2873 and hardship, G3449 [fn]through G1722 many G4178 sleepless G70 nights, G70 in hunger G3042 and thirst, G1373 often G4178 without G3521 food, G3521 in cold G5592 and [fn]exposure. G1132

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:8 - I looked, G3708 and behold, G2400 an [fn]ashen G5515 horse; G2462 and he who sat G2521 on it had the name G3686 Death; G2288 and Hades G86 was following G190 with him. Authority G1849 was given G1325 to them over G1909 a fourth G5067 of the earth, G1093 to kill G615 with sword G4501 and with famine G3042 and with [fn]pestilence G2288 and by the wild G2342 beasts G2342 of the earth. G1093

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:8 - “For this G3778 reason G1223 in one G1520 day G2250 her plagues G4127 will come, G2240 [fn]pestilence G2288 and mourning G3997 and famine, G3042 and she will be burned G2618 up with fire; G4442 for the Lord G2962 God G2316 who judges G2919 her is strong. G2478
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