ΛΙΜΗΝ, λιμην
LIMĒN, limēn
Sounds Like: li-MEN
Translations: harbor, a harbor, port, a port
From the root: ΛΙΜΗΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a harbor or a port, a place where ships can find shelter and dock. It is typically used to describe a natural or artificial inlet of the sea where vessels can anchor safely, often for loading and unloading cargo or passengers. It can also be used metaphorically to mean a place of refuge or safety.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3041 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 10:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΙΜΗΝ.
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.
- ΛΕΙΜΕΝΑ — harbor, a harbor, port, a port
- ΛΙΜΕΝΑ — harbor, a harbor, port, a port
- ΛΙΜΕΝΑΣ — harbors, ports, a harbor, a port
- ΛΙΜΕΝΕΣ — harbors, ports, havens
- ΛΙΜΕΝΙ — to a harbor, to a port, in a harbor, in a port, a harbor, a port
- ΛΙΜΕΝΟΣ — of a harbor, of a port, of a haven
- ΛΙΜΕΝΩΝ — of harbors, of ports
- ΛΙΜΕΣΙ — to a harbor, to a port, to harbors, to ports
- ΛΙΜΕΣΙΝ — (to) harbors, (in) harbors, (at) harbors, (to) ports, (in) ports, (at) ports
- ΤΩΛΙΜΕΝΙ — (to) a harbor, (to) the harbor, (to) a port, (to) the port
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