Definition
λιμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(so in Att..; in Dor. ἡ, and so sometimes in LXX, see Th., Gr., 146; in NT: Luke 15:14, Acts 11:28; cf. M, Pr., 60), [in LXX chiefly for רָעָב ;]
hunger, famine: Luke 4:25; 15:14, 17, Acts 7:11" (LXX) Acts 11:28, Romans 8:35, Revelation 6:8; 18:8; λ. καὶ δίψος, 2 Corinthians 11:27; pl., Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, Luke 21:11.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as λιμός:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
12 total
- Matthew 24:7λιμοὶ · faminesNation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
- Mark 13:8λιμοί · faminesNation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
- Luke 4:25λιμὸς · famineBut I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
- Luke 15:14λιμὸς · famineAfter he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.
- Luke 15:17λιμῷ · starvingFinally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death!
- Luke 21:11λιμοὶ · faminesThere will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
- Acts 7:11λιμὸς · famineThen famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
- Acts 11:28λιμὸν · famineOne of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
- Romans 8:35λιμὸς · famineWho shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
- 2 Corinthians 11:27λιμῷ · hunger…in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
- Revelation 6:8λιμῷ · famineThen I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.
- Revelation 18:8λιμός · famineTherefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”