noun · feminine
plēmmuras
Greekπλήμμυρα (plēmmura)
Strong’sG4132
a flood
stem plēmmur-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† πλήμμυρα, -ης (for Att. -ας, v. Bl., § 7, 1)
(< πλήθω), [in LXX: π. γένεσθαι, Jb 40:18 (23) (נָהָר עָשַׁק)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4132 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidplame-moo'-rah
flood-tide, i.e. (by analogy) a freshet
Fromprolonged from G4130;
King Jamesflood.
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 | plēmmuras | plēmmurais |
| object accusative | plēmmuran | plēmmurain |
| direct address vocative | plēmmurar | plēmmurair |
| of, belonging to genitive | plēmmurau1×πλημμύρης | plēmmuraiu |
| to, for dative | plēmmura | plēmmurai |
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
plēmmura 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
plēmmurau“flood”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 6:48“flood”homoios atō anthrōpo oikodomarōto oikian hos skaptata kai bathunata kai tithata themelion epi tan petran; plēmmurau de gineratau prosrēgnuata tos potamos ta oikia ekeina, kai ouk ischuata saleuara autan dia tem kalōs oikodomirē autan.He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.