Lexical Summary loimos: pestilence, a pest Original Word: λοιμόςTransliteration: loimos Phonetic Spelling: (loy'-mos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: pestilence, a pest Meaning: pestilence, a pest Strong's Concordance pestilenceOf uncertain affinity; a plague (literally, the disease, or figuratively, a pest) -- pestilence(-t). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3061: λοιμόςλοιμός, λοιμοῦ, ὁ (from Homer down), pestilence; plural a pestilence in divers regions (see λιμός), Matthew 24:7 (R G Tr marginal reading brackets); Luke 21:11; metaphorically, like the Latinpestis (Terence, Adelph. 2, 1, 35; Cicero, Cat. 2, 1), a pestilent fellow, pest, plague: Acts 24:5 (so Demosthenes, p. 794, 5; Aelian v. h. 14, 11; Proverbs 21:24; plural, Psalm 1:1; 1 Macc. 15:21; ἄνδρες λοιμοί, 1 Macc. 10:61, cf. 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Samuel 25:17, etc.). |
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