Forms of the word
Dictionary
πλήμμυρα, ης, ἡ
Greek transliteration
plēmmyra
Simplified transliteration
plemmyra
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. |