What does λίμνη (límnē) mean in the Bible?
λίμνη (límnē) is a Greek word meaning "a pond (large or small)".
Greek · G3041
λίμνη
A pond (large or small)
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λίμνη G3041
Pronunciation límnē
What does λίμνη (límnē) mean in the Bible?
λίμνη (límnē) is a Greek word meaning "a pond (large or small)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3041?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Lake (11).
Where does λίμνη (límnē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 5:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (6), Luke (5).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Lake 11× Luke 5:1, Luke 5:2, Luke 8:22, Luke 8:23
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 5:1 λίμνην to Lake Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 5:2 λίμνην to lake Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 8:22 λίμνης to lake Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Luke 8:23 λίμνην to lake Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 8:33 λίμνην to lake Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 19:20 λίμνην to lake Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 20:10 λίμνην to lake Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 20:14 λίμνην to lake Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 20:14 λίμνη to lake Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Revelation 20:15 λίμνην to lake Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 5:1
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 2
Luke 5 Revelation 6
Source forms
λίμνην 8x limnēn Luke 5:1, Luke 5:2, Luke 8:23, Luke 8:33
λίμνη 1x limnē Revelation 20:14
λίμνῃ 1x limnē Revelation 21:8
λίμνης 1x limnēs Luke 8:22
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 8x Luke 5:1, Luke 5:2, Luke 8:23, Luke 8:33
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 21:8
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Luke 8:22
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 20:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a pond (large or small)
Strong's G3041
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 4 forms 11 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a pond (large or small)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 5:1 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λίμνην limnhn
a lake
Read verse Luke 5:2 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λίμνην· limnhn
a lake
Read verse Luke 8:22 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λίμνης· limnhv
a lake
Read verse Luke 8:23 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λίμνην, limnhn
a lake
Read verse Luke 8:33 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λίμνην, limnhn
a lake
Read verse Revelation 19:20 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λίμνην limnhn
a lake
Read verse Revelation 20:10 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λίμνην limnhn
a lake
Read verse Revelation 20:14 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λίμνην limnhn
a lake
Read verse Revelation 20:15 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λίμνην limnhn
a lake
Read verse Revelation 21:8 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
λίμνῃ limnh
a lake
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 11 Case pattern Accusative (8) Number pattern Singular (11)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rev 20:14 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 8:22 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Rev 21:8 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 5:1 · Luke 5:2 · Luke 8:23 · Luke 8:33 · Rev 19:20 · Rev 20:10 · Rev 20:14 · Rev 20:15 8×
Word Origins
λίμνη is built from this root:
λιμήν G3040
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain