Greek

Havens

λιμήνStrong’s G3040

limēn

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Limēn is the Greek word usually translated “havens” and “harbor”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.”

Acts 27:8 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “havens” and “harbor”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

havens 1
harbor 1
a harbor 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Acts 2

1 book in all.

Related words

Good (kallion)

Explore in Scripture

Acts 27:12And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.

Greek dictionary

λιμήν limēn · Havens

λιμήν, -ένος, ὁ [in LXX: Psa.107:30 (מָחוֹז), Psa.107:35, 1Es.5:55 Est.5:1-2 Est.5:1-73 4Macc 7:1-23 * ;] a harbour, haven: Act.27:8, 12 (cf. Καλοὶ Λιμένες).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “haven” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HA'VEN,noun

ha'vn.

A harbor; a port; a bay, recess or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river which affords good anchorage and a safe station for ships; any place in which ships can be sheltered by the land from the force of tempests and a violent sea.
A shelter; an asylum; a place of safety.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.