plēgē · blow, wound, plague

What it means

plēgē (πληγή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “blow, wound, plague”.

Blow, beating; wound; also plague, disaster.

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. The mark or harm a blow or a whip leaves on the body.
2. A disaster that falls as punishment.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

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

• plagues ×10
• blows ×3
• plague ×3
• wound ×3
• beatings ×2
• wounds ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Luke×2
• Acts×2
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Revelation×16

• Luke 10:30

  And Jesus replied and said, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among bandits, who also stripped him and laid blows on him and went away, leaving him half dead.

• Luke 12:48

  But the one who did not know, and did things deserving of blows, will be beaten with few blows. And from everyone to whom much was given, much will be required from him; and to whom they entrusted much, they will ask of him even more.

• Acts 16:23

  And after laying many blows on them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to guard them securely.

• Acts 16:33

  And he took them in that hour of the night and washed them from their wounds, and he and all his family were immersed immediately.

• 2 Corinthians 6:5

  in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in sleepless nights, in fastings,

• 2 Corinthians 11:23

  Are they servants of the Messiah? —I am speaking as one out of his mind— I am more so: in labors far more, in imprisonments far more, in beatings beyond measure, in deaths often.

• Revelation 9:18

  By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and the smoke and the sulfur that came out of their mouths.

• Revelation 9:20

  And the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not even change their minds from the works of their hands, so as to stop worshiping the demons and the idols of gold and of silver and of bronze and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

• Revelation 11:6

  These have the authority to shut the sky, so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying; and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they want.

• Revelation 13:3

  And one of its heads was as if slaughtered to death, and its death wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast.

• Revelation 13:12

  And it exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and it makes the earth and those who live in it worship the first beast, whose death wound was healed.

• Revelation 13:14

  And it deceives those who live on the earth by the signs that it was given to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image for the beast that has the wound of the sword and came to life.

• Revelation 15:1

  And I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing: seven angels having seven plagues, the last ones, because with them the fury of God is completed.

• Revelation 15:6

  and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the sanctuary, clothed in pure bright linen, and wrapped around their chests with golden sashes.

• Revelation 15:8

  And the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter into the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

• Revelation 16:9

  And people were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who has authority over these plagues, and they did not change their minds to give him glory.

• Revelation 16:21

  And great hailstones, about a talent in weight, come down from heaven on people; and people blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague is extremely great.

• Revelation 18:4

  And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you may not take part in her sins, and so that you may not receive any of her plagues;

• Revelation 18:8

  Therefore in one day her plagues will come, death and grief and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who judged her.

• Revelation 21:9

  And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

• Revelation 22:18

  I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book;

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