noun · masculine
limēnos
GreekΛιμήν (limēn)
Strong’sG3040
a harbor, port
stem limēn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
λιμήν, -ένος, ὁ,
[in LXX: Ps 106 (107):30 (מָחוֹז), Ps 106 (107):35, I Es 5:55, I, II, IV Mac7*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3040 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlee-mane'
a harbor
Fromapparently a primary word;
King Jameshaven.
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 nominative | limēnos | limēnois |
| object accusative | limēnon | limēnoin1×Λιμένας |
| direct address vocative | limēnor | limēnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | limēnou | limēnoiu |
| to, for dative | limēno | limēnoi |
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
limēno 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
limēnoin“havens”objectaccusative plural1×
Acts 27:8“havens”molis tē paralegerōtois autan erchana eis topon tinon kalirōton Kaloin Limēnoin ho engus ate politas Lasaias.After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.