λίμνη limnē · G3041
lake
λίμνη, -ης, ἡ ; [in LXX: Psa.107:35 114:8 (אֲגַם), Sng.7:5 (בְּרֵכָה) 1Ma.11:35, 2Ma.12:16 * ; ] ; a lake: of the Sea of Galilee (Mt, Mk, see: θάλασσα), Luk.5:2 8:22-23, 33; λ. Γεννησαρέτ (which see), Luk.5:1; λ. τ. πυρός, Rev.19:20 20:10, 14-15; καιομένη πυρί, Rev.21:8.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
λίμν-η, ἡ, ; pool of standing water left by the sea or a river, []: hence, marshy lake, mere, distinguished from ἕλος, []; Γυγαίη[]; λ. τροχοειδής, at Delos, []; b also, artificial pool or basin, []; 2 in [] and other Poets, the sea, []: so in Trag. in Lyric poetry, λίμνᾳ πορφυροειδεῖ []; Μηλίδα πὰρ λ. by the Malian bay, []; II Λίμναι, αἱ, (used without the article), a quarter of Athens (once probably marshy), near the Acropolis, in which stood the Lenaeum, []; II.2 a quarter or suburb of …
Where it's used 11 times
Luke 5:1 · Luke 5:2 · Luke 8:22 · Luke 8:23 · Luke 8:33 · Revelation 19:20 · Revelation 20:10 · Revelation 20:14 · Revelation 20:15 · Revelation 21:8 … and 1 more
Source: TBESG G3041; TFLSJ G3041
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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