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Strong's G3061 λοιμός (loimos)

loimos - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3061 — yehud (“Judah”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3061
Language Greek
Linked Usages 31
Books 14

Strong's G3061 Quick Answer

Strong's G3061 λοίμος (loimos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. loimos (loy'-mos) n. 1. a plague 2. (literally) the disease It has 31 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include pestilent, against, men, man, and thee. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
loimos (loy'-mos) n. 1. a plague 2. (literally) the disease
Usage
31 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
pestilent, against, men, man, and thee

Meaning and Definition

loimos (loy'-mos) n. 1. a plague 2. (literally) the disease 3. (figuratively) a pest [of uncertain affinity] KJV: pestilence(-t)

Original Word
λοίμος
Transliteration
loimos
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3061. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

pestilence

Usage: λοιμός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX for לוּץ, עָרִיץ, בְּלִיַּעַל, etc. ;] 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.).† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

pestilent against men man thee lord nations evil rise down hand now

How Strong's G3061 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 25 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3061 (λοίμος) appears 28 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3061 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3061 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 24:7 KJV

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Luke 21:11 KJV

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Acts 24:5 KJV

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

Strong's G3061 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

25 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

1 Kingdoms 1:16 Septuagint / Brenton

Count not thy handmaid for a pestilent woman, for by reason of the abundance of my importunity I have continued my prayer until now.

1 Kingdoms 2:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And the sons of Eli the priest were evil sons, not knowing the Lord.

1 Kingdoms 10:27 Septuagint / Brenton

But evil men said, Who is this man that shall save us? and they despised him, and brought him no gifts.

Strong's G3061 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 10:61 Septuagint / Brenton

At that time certain pestilent fellows of Israel, men of a wicked life, assembled themselves against him, to accuse him: but the king would not hear them.

1 Maccabees 15:3 Septuagint / Brenton

Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge it again, that I may restore it to the old estate, and to that end have gathered a multitude of foreign soldiers together, and prepared ships of war;

1 Maccabees 15:21 Septuagint / Brenton

If therefore there be any pestilent fellows, that have fled from their country unto you, deliver them unto Simon the high priest, that he may punish them according to their own law.

Usage Excerpts

First 31 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3061.

1 Kingdoms 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Count not thy handmaid for a pestilent woman, for by reason of the abundance of my importunity I have continued my prayer until now.
1 Kingdoms 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Eli the priest were evil sons, not knowing the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 10:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But evil men said, Who is this man that shall save us? and they despised him, and brought him no gifts.
1 Kingdoms 25:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now do thou consider, and see what thou wilt do; for mischief is determined against our lord and against his house; and he is a vile character, and one cannot speak to him.
1 Kingdoms 25:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let not my lord, I pray thee, take to heart this pestilent man, for according to his name, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the servants of my lord whom thou didst send.
1 Kingdoms 29:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now then rise up early in the morning, thou and the servants of thy lord that are come with thee, and go to the place where I appointed you, and entertain no evil thought in thy heart, for thou art good in my sight: and rise early for your journey when it is light, and depart.
1 Kingdoms 30:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then every ill-disposed and bad man of the soldiers who had gone with David, answered and said, Because they did not pursue together with us, we will not give them of the spoils which we have recovered, only let each one lead away with him his wife and his children, and let them return.
2 Chronicles 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and there are gathered to him pestilent men, transgressors, and he has risen up against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, while Rehoboam was young and fearful in heart, and he withstood him not.
Psalms 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, And has not stood in the way of sinners, And has not sat in the seat of evil men.
Proverbs 19:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser: And if thou reprove a wise man, he will understand discretion.
Proverbs 21:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A bold and self-willed and insolent man is called a pest: And he that remembers injuries is a transgressor.
Proverbs 22:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For when he sits in the council he dishonors all.
Proverbs 24:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fool also dies in sins; And uncleanness attaches to a pestilent man.
Proverbs 36:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore hell has enlarged its desire and opened its mouth without ceasing: and her glorious and great, and her rich and her pestilent men shall go down into it.
Jeremiah 15:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee out of the hand of wicked men; and I will ransom thee out of the hand of pestilent men.
Ezekiel 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will deliver them into the hands of strangers to make them a prey, and to the pests of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane them.
Ezekiel 18:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he beget a mischievous son, shedding blood and committing sins,
Ezekiel 28:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
because of this, behold, I will bring on thee strange plagues from the nations; and they shall draw their swords against thee, and against the beauty of thy knowledge,
Ezekiel 30:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
his hand and his people’s; they are plagues sent forth from the nations to destroy the land: and they all shall unsheath their swords against Egypt, and the land shall be filled with slain.
Ezekiel 31:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ravaging strangers from the nations have destroyed him, and have cast him down upon the mountains: his branches fell in all the valleys, and his boughs were broken in every field of the land; and all the people of the nations are gone down from their shelter, and have laid him low.
Ezekiel 32:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
with the swords of mighty men; and I will cast down thy strength: they are all destroying ones from the nations, and they shall destroy the pride of Egypt, and all her strength shall be crushed.
Daniel 11:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in those times many shall rise up against the king of the south; and the children of the spoilers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; and they shall fail.
Hosea 7:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows.
Amos 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord swears by his holiness, that, behold, the days come upon you, when they shall take you with weapons, and fiery destroyers shall cast those with you into boiling caldrons.
Matthew 24:7 New Testament, KJV
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Luke 21:11 New Testament, KJV
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Acts 24:5 New Testament, KJV
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
1 Maccabees 10:61 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
At that time certain pestilent fellows of Israel, men of a wicked life, assembled themselves against him, to accuse him: but the king would not hear them.
1 Maccabees 15:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge it again, that I may restore it to the old estate, and to that end have gathered a multitude of foreign soldiers together, and prepared ships of war;
1 Maccabees 15:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
If therefore there be any pestilent fellows, that have fled from their country unto you, deliver them unto Simon the high priest, that he may punish them according to their own law.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3061, grouped by book.

1 Kingdoms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3061 FAQ

What does loimos (λοιμός) mean?

Strong's G3061 is a Greek entry for G3061 λοίμος (loimos). loimos (loy'-mos) n. 1. a plague 2. (literally) the disease

How many times is loimos (λοιμός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 31 linked usages for Strong's G3061 across 14 books.

Where can I study loimos (λοιμός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3061 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate loimos (λοιμός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as pestilent, against, men, man, thee, and lord. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3061 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 25 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3061, with linked reader references where each row is available.