The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

λιμός

Lemmaλιμός
Citation formλιμός, οῦ, ὁ/ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa famine, hunger
Strong’sG3042
Transliterationlimós
Definitiona scarcity of food
KJV glosses:--dearth, famine, hunger.
Derivationprobably from (through the idea of destitution)
SBLGNT occurrences12

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 formGrammar 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

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for λιμός with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.