G3061: λοιμός
loimós · “pestilence”
Definition
a plague (literally, the disease, or figuratively, a pest)
KJV translates it as: pestilence(-t)
Word origin: of uncertain affinity;
Extended definition
λοιμός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX for לוּץ, עָרִיץ, בְּלִיַּעַל, etc. ;]
pestilence: pl., Luk.21:11; metaphorically (as in cl.; LXX: Psa.1:1, Pro.21:24, 1Ma.15:21, al.), of persons, a pest: Act.24:5 (also as adj., ἄνδρες λοιμοί, 1Ma.10:61, al.).†
(AS)
[in LXX for לוּץ, עָרִיץ, בְּלִיַּעַל, etc. ;]
pestilence: pl., Luk.21:11; metaphorically (as in cl.; LXX: Psa.1:1, Pro.21:24, 1Ma.15:21, al.), of persons, a pest: Act.24:5 (also as adj., ἄνδρες λοιμοί, 1Ma.10:61, al.).†
(AS)
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How G3061 is translated
- pestilences ×2
- a pest ×1
Bible verses with G3061 (loimós)
Loimós appears in 3 verses.
- Matthew 24:7
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
- Luke 21:11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
- Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: