King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3061
Transliteration: loimos
Phonetic Spelling: (loy'-mos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: pestilence, a pest
Meaning: pestilence, a pest
λοιμός, λοιμοῦ, ὁ (from Homer down), pestilence; plural a pestilence in divers regions (see λιμός), Matthew 24:7 (R G Tr marginal reading brackets); Luke 21:11; metaphorically, like the Latinpestis (Terence, Adelph. 2, 1, 35; Cicero, Cat. 2, 1), a pestilent fellow, pest, plague: Acts 24:5 (so Demosthenes, p. 794, 5; Aelian v. h. 14, 11; Proverbs 21:24; plural, Psalm 1:1; 1 Macc. 15:21; ἄνδρες λοιμοί, 1 Macc. 10:61, cf. 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Samuel 25:17, etc.).
Word Summary
loimos: pestilence, a pest
Original Word: λοιμόςTransliteration: loimos
Phonetic Spelling: (loy'-mos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: pestilence, a pest
Meaning: pestilence, a pest
Strong's Concordance
pestilenceOf uncertain affinity; a plague (literally, the disease, or figuratively, a pest) -- pestilence(-t).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3061: λοιμόςλοιμός, λοιμοῦ, ὁ (from Homer down), pestilence; plural a pestilence in divers regions (see λιμός), Matthew 24:7 (R G Tr marginal reading brackets); Luke 21:11; metaphorically, like the Latinpestis (Terence, Adelph. 2, 1, 35; Cicero, Cat. 2, 1), a pestilent fellow, pest, plague: Acts 24:5 (so Demosthenes, p. 794, 5; Aelian v. h. 14, 11; Proverbs 21:24; plural, Psalm 1:1; 1 Macc. 15:21; ἄνδρες λοιμοί, 1 Macc. 10:61, cf. 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Samuel 25:17, etc.).