noun · neuter
leimmem
Greekλεῖμμα (leimma)
Strong’sG3005
a remnant, remainder
stem leimm-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
λεῖμμα (WH, λίμμα, v. their App., 154), -τος, τό
(< λείπω), [in LXX: IV Ki 19:4 A (שְׁאֵרִית)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3005 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlime'-mah
a remainder
Fromfrom G3007;
King Jamesremnant.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | leimmem1×λεῖμμα | leimmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | leimmeu | leimmeiu |
| to, for dative | leimme | leimmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
leimme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
leimmem“remnant”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Romans 11:5“remnant”houtōs oun kai en to nun kairo leimmem kata eklogan chariau ginatē;In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.