ΛΗΜΜΑ, λημμα
LĒMMA, lēmma
Sounds Like: LEM-mah
Translations: oracle, burden, a burden, a prophecy, a word, a saying
From the root: ΛΗΜΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to something received, often an oracle, a prophetic utterance, or a divine message. It can also denote a burden or a heavy saying. In a broader sense, it can mean a word or a saying, particularly one that is weighty or significant. It is used in contexts where a divine or authoritative statement is being conveyed.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3000 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 14:393
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 16:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Kings — 9:25
- Jeremiah — 23:33, 23:34, 23:36, 23:38
- Nahum — 1:1
- Habakkuk — 1:1, 1:7
- Zechariah — 9:1, 12:1
- Malachi — 1:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΗΜΜΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΛΗΜʼΜΑ — oracle, burden, a burden, prophecy, a prophecy, an oracle
- ΛΗΜʼΜΑʼ — oracle, a revelation, a burden, a thing received, a gain, a profit
- ΛΗΜΜΑʼ — receipt, revenue, profit, gain, a number
- ΛΗΜΜΑΤΑ — receipts, revenues, profits, assumptions, premises, things taken, things received, things gained, a gain, a profit
- ΛΗΜΜΑΤΟΣ — of a receipt, of a gain, of a profit, of a thing received, of a sum received, of a taking, of a premise, of a lemma
- ΛΗΜΜΑΤΩΝ — of receipts, of income, of gain, of profits, of assumptions, of propositions
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