λιμόςlimós
a scarcity of food
Greek (New Testament) · G3042
Meanings
hunger, famine: Luke 4:25, Luke 15:14, Luke 15:17, Acts 7:11(LXX) Acts 11:28, Romans 8:35, Revelation 6:8, Revelation 18:8; λ. καὶ δίψος, 2 Corinthians 11:27; plural, Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, Luke 21:11.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 24:7 Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world.
- Mark 13:8 Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in many parts of the world, as well as famines. But this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.
- Luke 4:25 “Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land.
- Luke 15:14 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.
- Luke 15:17 “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!
- Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and plagues in many lands, and there will be terrifying things and great miraculous signs from heaven.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.