Strong's Greek · G3061

G3061 loimós

λοιμός

loy'-mos

pestilence

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loimós appears twice in Scripture, in Luke 21:11 and Acts 24:5. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a plague (literally, the disease, or figuratively, a pest)

In the King James Version

pestilence(-t)

Derivation

of uncertain affinity;

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Luke 21:11

“There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.”

Acts 24:5

“We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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