Quick Definition
λοιμός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. a pestilence
Strong's Definition
of uncertain affinity; a plague (literally, the disease, or figuratively, a pest)
KJV Usage: pestilence(-t)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ
23.158 · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness
plague, pestilence a widespread contagious disease, often associated with divine retribution
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λοιμός, -ov, ὁ, [fr. Hom. down], pestilence; plur. a pestilence in divers regions (see λιμός), Mt. xxiv. 7 [RG Tr mrg. br.]; Lk. xxi. 11; metaph., like the Lat. pestis (Ter. Adelph. 2, 1, 35; Cie. Cat. 2, 1), a pestilent fellow, pest, plague: Acts xxiv. 5 (so Dem. p. 794, 5; Ael. v. h. 14, 11; Proy. xxi. 24; plur., Ps. i. 1; 1 Mace. xv. 21; ἄνδρες λοιμοί, 1 Mace. x. 61, cf. 1S. x.27; xxv. 17, ete.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λοιμός loimos 2x
a pestilence, plague, Lk. 21:11; met. a pest, pestilent fellow, Acts 24:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λοιμός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX for לוּץ, עָרִיץ, בְּלִיַּעַל, etc.;]
pestilence: pl., Lk 21:11; metaph. (as in cl.; LXX: Ps 1:1, Pr 21:24, I Mac 15:21, al.), of persons, a pest: Ac 24:5 (also as adj., ἄνδρες λοιμοί, I Mac 10:61, al.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λοιμός, ““ pestilence, plague,’’ as in Lk 21, occurs in P Oxy XIV. 1666?° (iii/A.D.) ἤκουσα. . ὅτι παρ᾽ ὑμεῖν λοιμὸς [ἐγ]ένετο, ‘‘ I heard that there has been plague in your neighbourhood” (Edd.). For the metaph. use, as in Ac 245, where it is used of ‘‘a pestilent fellow,’’ (cf. Lat. Zestzs) there is ample support in the LXX (e.g. Ps 11, 1 Macc 152). Cf. also Ac 138, where for the ordinary reading ᾿Ελύμας Burkitt (77S iv. p. 127 ff.) conjecturally restores ὃ λοιμός. The passage then runs: ἀνθίστατο δὲ αὐτοῖς 6 λοιμός, ὁ μάγος, οὕτως γὰρ μεθερμηνεύεται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, “now they were withstood by the pestilent fellow, the sorcerer I mean, for ‘ pestilent fellow’ is the interpretation of his name’”’—an interpretation to which Bary YVeshu‘, changed into BAPIHZOY δὲ, would readily lend itself. 3? 66
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
λοιμός (loimos) — pestilence. λοιμός, ὁ, plague, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the plague at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; coupled with λιμός, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. of persons, plague, pest, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. as adjective, pestilent, [LXX]; ἀνὴρ λ. καὶ πονηρός[NT+2nd c.AD+]