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G3061 — λοίμος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
loimos (loy'-mos) n.
1. a plague
2. (literally) the disease
3. (figuratively) a pest
[of uncertain affinity]
KJV: pestilence(-t)
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KJV Renderings
pestilence(-t)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λοιμός, λοιμοῦ, ὁ (from Homer down), pestilence; plural a pestilence in divers regions (see λιμός), Mat 24:7 (R G Tr marginal reading brackets); Luk 21:11; metaphorically, like the Latinpestis (Terence, Adelph. 2, 1, 35; Cicero, Cat. 2, 1), a pestilent fellow, pest, plague: Act 24:5 (so Demosthenes, p. 794, 5; Aelian v. h. 14, 11; Pro 21:24; plural, Psa 1:1; 1Ma 15:21; ἄνδρες λοιμοί, 1Ma 10:61, cf. 1Sa 10:27; 1Sa 25:17, etc.).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
λοιμός (pestilence(-t))
Matthew 24:7
- KJV: For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in divers places
- GK: εγερθήσεται γαρ έθνος επί έθνος και βασιλεία επί βασιλείαν και έσονται λιμοί και λοιμοί και σεισμοί κατά τόπους
Luke 21:11
- KJV: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven
- GK: σεισμοί τε μεγάλοι κατά τόπους και λιμοί και λοιμοί έσονται φόβητρά τε και σημεία απ΄ ουρανού μεγάλα έσται
Acts 24:5
- KJV: For we have found this man pestilent and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes
- GK: ευρόντες γαρ τον άνδρα τούτον λοιμόν και κινούντα στάσιν πάσι τοις Ιουδαίοις τοις κατά την οικουμένην πρωτοστάτην τε της των Ναζωραίων αιρέσεως