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λιμός G3042
G3042 is the Greek word λιμός, transliterated limós. The King James Version most often renders it famine.
What it means
a scarcity of food.
Where it comes from
probably from G3007 (λείπω) (through the idea of destitution).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 11 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: dearth, famine, hunger.
Verses using λιμός
All 11 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 24:7 · KJV
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Mark 13:8 · KJV
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Luke 4:25 · KJV
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
Luke 15:14 · KJV
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Luke 21:11 · KJV
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Acts 7:11 · KJV
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Acts 11:28 · KJV
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
Romans 8:35 · KJV
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
2 Corinthians 11:27 · KJV
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Revelation 6:8 · KJV
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Revelation 18:8 · KJV
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Common questions
What does Strong's G3042 mean?
G3042 is the Greek word λιμός (limós), meaning a scarcity of food.
How is G3042 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it famine (4 times), famines (3 times), dearth (2 times), hunger (2 times).
How many times does G3042 appear in the Bible?
λιμός (limós) is tagged in 11 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G3042 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: probably from G3007 (λείπω) (through the idea of destitution).
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