noun
limos
Greekλιμός (limos)
Strong’sG3042
a famine, hunger
stem lim-12 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books6 of 20 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
λιμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(so in Att.; in Dor. ἡ, and so sometimes in LXX, v. Th., Gr., 146; in NT: Lk 15:14, Ac 11:28; cf. M, Pr., 60), [in LXX chiefly for רָעָב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3042 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlee-mos'
a scarcity of food
Fromprobably from G3007 (through the idea of destitution);
King Jamesdearth, famine, hunger.
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 | feminine singular | masculine singular | feminine plural | masculine plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | limas1×λιμὸς | limos4×λιμὸς | limais | limois3×λιμοὶ |
| object accusative | liman1×λιμὸν | limon | limain | limoin |
| direct address vocative | limar | limor | limair | limoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | limau | limou | limaiu | limoiu |
| to, for dative | lima1×λιμῷ | limo2×λιμῷ | limai | limoi |
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
lim 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
12 occurrences, every one of them listed
limas“famine”subjectnominative singular1×
Luke 15:14“famine”dapanaratou de autou panteim gineta limas ischuras kata tan chōran ekeinan, kai autos archeta husterirō.After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.
liman“famine”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 11:28“famine”anistanaratos de henos ek autoiu onome Hagabos sēmainata dia teu pneumeu liman megan mellarō eri epi holan tan oikoumenan; hotinas gineta epi Klaudiou.One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. ( This happened under Claudius.)
lima“hunger”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 15:17“hunger”eis heauton de ercharatos fēate; Posois misthiois tou patērou mu perisseuelō artoiu, mis de lima hōde apolluemō;Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death!
limos“famine”subjectnominative singular4×
Luke 4:25“famine”epi alētheiau de legamō vi, pollais chērais ale en tai hēmerai Ēliaou en to Israēl, hote kleiita tos ouranos epi eteim treis kai mēnoin hex, hōs gineta limos megos epi pantan tan gēan,But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
Acts 7:11“famine”erchata de limos epi holan tan Aiguptan kai Chanaan kai thlipsias megas, kai ouk heuriskale chortasmeim tois patērois nu;Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
Romans 8:35“famine”tinos nin chōrizati apo tau agapau tou Christou? thlipsias ē stenochōrias ē diōgmos ē limos ē gumnotas ē kindunos ē machairas?Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Revelation 18:8“famine”dia houtem en hena hēmera hēkali tais plēgais autau, thanatos kai penthem kai limos, kai en pure katakaiiti; hoti ischuros kurios tos theos tos krinaratos autan.Therefore her plagues will come in one day — death and grief and famine — and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
limo“hunger”to, fordative singular2×
2 Corinthians 11:27“hunger”kopo kai mochtho, en agrupniai pollakis, en limo kai dipse, en nēsteiai pollakis, en psuche kai gumnota;in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
Revelation 6:8“famine”kai horama, kai idou hippos chlōros, kai tos katherōtos epanō autou onomem auto tos Thanatos, kai tos hados akolouthate meta autou, kai dōita autoi exousias epi tem tetartem tau gēau, apokteinara en romfaia kai en limo kai en thanato kai hupo teiu thēreiu tau gēau.Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.
limois“famines”subjectnominative plural3×
Matthew 24:7“famines”egeiriti gar ethnem epi ethnem kai basileias epi basileian, kai eli limois kai seismois kata topoin;Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Mark 13:8“famines”egeiriti gar ethnem epi ethnem kai basileias epi basileian, eli seismois kata topoin, eli limois; archas ōdinaiu houteim.Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
Luke 21:11“famines”seismois tē megois kai kata topoin limois kai loimois eli, fobētreim tē kai sēmeim apo ouranou megeim eti.There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.