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Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

λιμός

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	λιμός
Citation form	λιμός, οῦ, ὁ/ἡ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	a famine, hunger
Strong’s	G3042
Transliteration	limós
Definition	a scarcity of food
KJV glosses	:--dearth, famine, hunger.
Derivation	probably from (through the idea of destitution)
SBLGNT occurrences	12

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
λιμοὶ	noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Matthew 24:7 noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Luke 21:11
λιμοί	noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Mark 13:8
λιμὸν	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 11:28
λιμὸς	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Luke 15:14 noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Luke 4:25 noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Acts 7:11 noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Romans 8:35
λιμός	noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Revelation 18:8
λιμῷ	noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Luke 15:17 noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-) — 2 Corinthians 11:27 noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-) — Revelation 6:8

Morphology

noun; MorphGNT ----ASF-
noun; MorphGNT ----DSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----DSM-
noun; MorphGNT ----NPM-
noun; MorphGNT ----NSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----NSM-

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: λιμος.