ΛΙΜΟΙ, λιμοι
LIMOI, limoi
Sounds Like: LEE-moy
Translations: famines, hungers
From the root: ΛΙΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a severe scarcity of food, often leading to widespread hunger and starvation. It is used to describe periods of great want or distress due to lack of provisions. In the provided examples, it appears in lists of calamities like earthquakes and plagues.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3042 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Matthew — 24:7
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΙΜΟΣ.
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.
- ΙΜΟΝ — famine, a famine, hunger, a hunger
- ΛΕΙΜΟΙ — famines, a famine
- ΛΙΜΟ — famine, hunger, a famine, a hunger
- ΛΙΜΟΝ — famine, a famine, hunger, a hunger
- ΛΙΜΟΣ — famine, a famine, hunger
- ΛΙΜΟΥ — of hunger, of famine, of scarcity
- ΛΙΜΩ — (to) famine, (to) hunger, (by) famine, (by) hunger
- ΛΙΜΩΣ — famine, hunger, a famine, a hunger, scarcity of food
- ΛΙΜΩΤΟ — famine-stricken, hungry, starving, by famine
- ΤΟΝΛΙΜΟΝ — the famine, a famine, the hunger, a hunger
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