Limne means “lake” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3041 — yedideyah (“Jedidiah”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3041 λίμνη (limne) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. limne (lim'-nay) n. 1. a pond (large or small) [probably from G3040 (through the idea of nearness of shore)] It has 15 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include lake. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
limne (lim'-nay) n. 1. a pond (large or small) [probably from G3040 (through the idea of nearness of shore)] KJV: lake Root(s): G3040
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3041. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
lake
Usage: λίμνη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX: Psa.107:35 114:8 (אֲגַם), Sng.7:5 (בְּרֵכָה) 1Ma.11:35, 2Ma.12:16 * ;] a lake: of the Sea of Galilee (Mt, Mk, see: θάλασσα), Luk.5:2 8:22-23, 33; λ. Γεννησαρέτ (which see), Luk.5:1; λ. τ. πυρός, Rev.19:20 20:10, 14-15; καιομένη πυρί, Rev.21:8.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render limne, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3041 (λίμνη) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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10 indexed usages in New Testament.
And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
He turns a wilderness into pools of water, And a dry land into streams of water.
Who turned the rock into pools of water, And the flint into fountains of water.
Thy neck is as an ivory tower; Thine eyes are as pools in Heshbon, By the gates of the daughter of many: Thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon, Looking toward Damascus.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And as for other things that belong unto us, of the tithes and customs pertaining unto us, as also the saltpits, and the crown taxes, which are due unto us, we discharge them of them all for their relief.
and took the city by the will of God, and made unspeakable slaughters, insomuch that a lake two furlongs broad near adjoining thereunto, being filled full, was seen running with blood.
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3041.
He turns a wilderness into pools of water, And a dry land into streams of water.
Who turned the rock into pools of water, And the flint into fountains of water.
Thy neck is as an ivory tower; Thine eyes are as pools in Heshbon, By the gates of the daughter of many: Thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon, Looking toward Damascus.
And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
And as for other things that belong unto us, of the tithes and customs pertaining unto us, as also the saltpits, and the crown taxes, which are due unto us, we discharge them of them all for their relief.
and took the city by the will of God, and made unspeakable slaughters, insomuch that a lake two furlongs broad near adjoining thereunto, being filled full, was seen running with blood.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3041, grouped by book.
Limne (Strong's G3041) is a Greek word most simply glossed "lake". limne (lim'-nay) n. 1. a pond (large or small) [probably from G3040 (through the idea of nearness of shore)]
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's G3041 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3041 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lake. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3041, with linked reader references where each row is available.