Forms of the word

Dictionary
πλήμμυρα, ης, ἡ
Greek transliteration
plēmmyra
Simplified transliteration
plemmyra

Numbers

Strong's number
4132
GK Number
4439

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1c
Gloss
flood, high water; in context likely a flash flood in a narrow valley (wadi)
Definition
the flood-tide; a flood, Lk. 6:48*

Greek-English Concordance for πλήμμυρα

Luke 6:48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on bedrock; when a flood (plēmmyrēs | πλημμύρης | gen sg fem) arose, the river broke against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.

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