Strong's Lexicon
G4141
G4141 — πλήσσω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4141 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πλήσσω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | apparently another form of G4111 (through the idea of flattening out) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | plesso |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | place'-so |
| Meaning: | 1. to pound 2. (figuratively) to inflict with (calamity) |
| KJV Renderings: | smite |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλήσσω (cf. πληγή (πέλαγος), Latinplango, plaga; Curtius, § 367): 2 aorist passive ἐπλήγην; from Homer down; the Sept. for äÄëÈÌä (see πατάσσω, at the beginning); to strike, to smite: passive (of the heavenly bodies smitten by God that they may be deprived of light and shrouded in darkness), Rev 8:12. (Compare: ἐκπλήσσω, ἐπιπλήσσω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πλήσσω (smite)
Revelation 8:12
- KJV: And the fourth angel sounded and the third part of the sun was smitten and the third part of the moon and the third part of the stars so as the third part of them was darkened and the day shone not a third part of it and the night likewise
- GK: και ο τέταρτος άγγελος εσάλπισε και επλήγη το τρίτον του ηλίου και το τρίτον της σελήνης και το τρίτον των αστέρων ίνα σκοτισθή το τρίτον αυτών και η ημέρα μη φαίνη το τρίτον αυτής και η νυξ όμοιως