What does λοιμός (loimós) mean in the Bible?
λοιμός (loimós): Disease or person who spreads corruption; metaphorically applied to destructive individuals posing social/moral danger.
Greek · G3061
λοιμός
A plague (literally, the disease, or figuratively, a pest)
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λοιμόςG3061
Pronunciationloimós
What does λοιμός (loimós) mean in the Bible?
λοιμός (loimós): Disease or person who spreads corruption; metaphorically applied to destructive individuals posing social/moral danger.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3061?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a pestilence (1), pestilences (1).
Where does λοιμός (loimós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 21:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ita pestilence1×Acts 24:5
pestilences1×Luke 21:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 21:11
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Luke1Acts1
Source forms
λοιμοὶ*1xloimoiLuke 21:11
λοιμὸν1xloimonActs 24:5
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1xActs 24:5
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural1xLuke 21:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Disease or person who spreads corruption; metaphorically applied to destructive individuals posing social/moral danger.
Strong'sG3061
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a plague (literally, the disease, or figuratively, a pest)
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Disease or person who spreads corruption; metaphorically applied to destructive individuals posing social/moral danger.
pestilence: pl., Luk.21:11; metaphorically (as in cl.; LXX: Psa.1:1, Pro.21:24, 1Ma.15:21, al.), of persons, a pest: Act.24:5 (also as adj., ἄνδρες λοιμοί, 1Ma.10:61, al.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 24:7Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
λοιμοὶloimoi
a pestilence
Read verseLuke 21:11Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
λοιμοὶloimoi
a pestilence
Read verseActs 24:5Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
λοιμόν,loimon
a pestilence
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 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineLuke 21:111×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineActs 24:51×
Word Origins
λοιμός is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.