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λοιμός

loimos · plague

Greek word · Strong’s number G3061 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

loimos (λοιμός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “plague”.

Epidemic; also a pest, a troublemaker.

How to say it

loi·mos

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 disease that spreads and kills many.
  2. A harmful person who infects others with their influence.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • pest ×1
  • plagues ×1

Where it appears

  • Luke 21:11

    There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and plagues; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

  • Acts 24:5

    For we have found this man a pest and one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the party of the Nazarenes,