Strong's Lexicon
G4132 — πλημμύρα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4132 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πλημμύρα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | prolonged from G4130 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | plemmura |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | plame-moo'-rah |
| Meaning: | 1. flood-tide 2. (by analogy) a freshet |
| KJV Renderings: | flood |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλήμμυρα (so all editions) (or πλημυρα (cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. § 7 Anm. 17 note; Lob. Rhemat., p. 264)) (better accented as proparoxytone; Chandler § 160), πλημμύρας and (so G T Tr WH) πλημμύρης (see μάχαιρα), ἡ (from πλημμη or πλημη i. e. πλησμη (from πλήθω, πίμπλημι, which see)), a flood, whether of the sea or of a river: Luk 6:48. (Job 40:18; (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 1, 71); Josephus, Antiquities 2, 10, 2; Plutarch, Sextus Empiricus; with ποταμῶν added, Philo de opif. mund. § 19; (cf. de vim Moys. i. § 36; iii, § 24; de Abrah. § 19; de leg. alleg. i. § 13).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πλήμμυρα (flood)
Luke 6:48
- KJV: He is like a man which built an house and digged deep and laid the foundation on a rock and when the flood arose the stream beat vehemently upon that house and could not shake it for it was founded upon a rock
- GK: όμοιός εστιν ανθρώπω οικοδομούντι οικίαν ος έσκαψε και εβάθυνε και έθηκε θεμέλιον επί την πέτραν πλημμύρας δε γενομένης προσέρρηξεν ο ποταμός τη οικία εκείνη και ουκ ίσχυσε σαλεύσαι αυτήν τεθεμελίωτο γαρ επί την πέτραν
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