limnē · lake

What it means

limnē (λίμνη) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lake”.

In Revelation, the lake of fire.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A large body of water, like Gennesaret or the one of fire.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×5
• Revelation×6

• Luke 5:1

  Now it happened, while the crowd was pressing in on him and listening to the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

• Luke 5:2

  and he saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing the nets.

• Luke 8:22

  Now it happened on one of the days that he and his disciples got into a boat, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” And they set sail.

• Luke 8:23

  And as they sailed, he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were being swamped and were in danger.

• Luke 8:33

  And coming out of the man, the demons entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

• Revelation 19:20

  And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who performed the signs in its presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

• Revelation 20:10

  And the Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet also are, and they will be tormented day and night to the ages of the ages.

• Revelation 20:14

  And Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

• Revelation 20:15

  And if anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

• Revelation 21:8

  But as for the cowardly and unbelieving and detestable and murderers and the sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

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