Lake
λίμνηStrong’s G3041limnē
Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament
In short
Limnē is the Greek word usually translated “lake”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.
“And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,”
Meaning
Usually translated “lake”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- lake 10
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 5
- Revelation 5
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 5:2And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
- Luke 8:22Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
- Luke 8:23But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
- Luke 8:33Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
- Revelation 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
- Revelation 20:10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Greek dictionary
λίμνη limnē · 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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lake” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LAKE, verb intransitive
All definitions and other forms of “lake”
LAKE, noun
[Latin lacus. A lake is a stand of water, from the root of lay. Hence Latin lagena, Eng. flagon.]
- A large and extensive collection of water contained in a cavity or hollow of the earth.
- A middle color between ultramarine and vermilion, made of cochineal.
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.