King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4127
Transliteration: plēgē
Phonetic Spelling: (play-gay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a blow, wound
Meaning: a blow, wound
πληγή, πληγῆς, ἡ (πλήσσω), from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for מַכָּה, also for מַגֵּפָה;
Word Summary
plēgē: a blow, wound
Original Word: πληγήTransliteration: plēgē
Phonetic Spelling: (play-gay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a blow, wound
Meaning: a blow, wound
Strong's Concordance
wound, stripeFrom plesso; a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity -- plague, stripe, wound(-ed).
see GREEK plesso
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4127: πληγήπληγή, πληγῆς, ἡ (πλήσσω), from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for מַכָּה, also for מַגֵּפָה;
1. a blow, stripe: plural, Luke 10:30; Luke 10:43; Acts 16:23, 33; 2 Corinthians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 11:23; a wound: ἡ πληγή τοῦ θανάτου, deadly wound (R. V. death-stroke), Revelation 13:3, 12; τῆς μαχαίρας, wound made by a sword (sword-stroke), Revelation 13:14. (On its idiomatic omission (Luke 12:47, etc.) cf. Buttmann, 82 (72); Winer's Grammar, § 64, 4.)
2. a public calamity, heavy affliction (cf. English plague) (now tormenting now destroying the bodies of men, and sent by God as a punishment): Revelation 9:18 (Rec. omits),