Quick Definition
a lake
Strong's Definition
a pond (large or small)
Derivation: probably from G3040 (λιμήν) (through the idea of nearness of shore);
KJV Usage: lake
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λίμνη, λίμνης, ἡ (from λείβω to pour, pour out (cf. Curtius, § 541)) (from Homer down), a lake: λίμνη Γεννησαρέτ (which see), Luk_5:1; absolutely, of the same, Luk_5:2; Luke 8:22 f, 33; τοῦ πυρός, Rev_19:20; Rev_20:10; Rev_20:14 f; καιομένη πυρί, Rev_21:8.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λίμνη limnē 11x
a tract of standing water; a lake, Luk_5:1 ; Rev_20:14 lake; pond.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λίμνη , -ης , ἡ ,
[in LXX : Psa_107:35 ; Psa_114:8 ( H98 ), Son_7:5 ( H1295 ) 1Ma_11:35 , 2Ma_12:16 * ;]
a lake: of the Sea of Galilee (Mt, Mk, see θάλασσα ), Luk_5:2 ; Luk_8:22-23 ; Luk_8:33 ; λ . Γεννησαρέτ ( q.v. ), Luk_5:1 ; λ . τ . πυρός , Rev_19:20 ; Rev_20:10 ; Rev_20:14-15 ; καιομένη πυρί , Rev_21:8 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λίμνη [page 376]
P Petr III. 37 ( a ) .9 (B.C. 257) παρὰ τὴν λίμνην , along-side the lake, P Amh II. 100 .3 (A.D. 198 211) an agreement concerning λίμνης [κα ]λουμέν [η ]ς Πάτρω [νο ]ς , P Flor I. 50 .32 (A.D. 268) ἐπάνω λίμνης . In an ostracon letter of A.D. 192, published by Deissmann LAE p. 186, instructions are given that certain quantities of wheat are to be delivered to two husbandmen of the lake γεωργοῖς λίμνης , whose homes are in the village of Phmau (ἀπὸ Φμα̣ῦ : cf. Heb_13:24 οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰταλίας , where Deissmann thinks the reference is to people in Italy). See for the same ostracon Meyer Ostr. p. 176 f., where the editor identifies this λίμνη with Birket Habu near Thebes, and gives other instances of λίμνη as Seeland or Seegau.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
λίμνη [Etym: λείβω] "a pool of standing water" left by the sea or a river, Il. : then, "a marshy lake, mere", Lat. palus, id=Il. , Hdt. , attic:—also, "a large pool or basin" (artificial), Hdt. in Hom. and other Poets, "the sea." Λίμναι, ῶν, αἱ, "a quarter of Athens" (once prob. "marshy)", near the Acropolis, in which stood the Lenaeum, Ar. , Thuc. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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