3042 - limos

Strong's Concordance

Original word: λιμός
Transliteration: limos
Definition (short): famine
Definition (full): hunger, famine

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. word
Definition: hunger, famine
NASB Translation: famine (7), famines (3), hunger (2).
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Probably from leipo (through the idea of destitution); a scarcity of food -- dearth, famine, hunger.

see GREEK leipo

References

Strong's 3042: 12 Occurrences
KJV: For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
NASB: "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.
KJV: For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
NASB: "For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
KJV: But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
NASB: "But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;
KJV: And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
NASB: "Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.
KJV: And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
NASB: "But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!