Quick Definition
a blow, stripe, wound
Strong's Definition
a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity
Derivation: from G4141 (πλήσσω);
KJV Usage: plague, stripe, wound(-ed)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πληγή, πληγῆς, ἡ (πλήσσω), from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for ξΗλΘΜδ, also for ξΗβΕΜτΘδ;
1. a blow, stripe: plural, Luk_10:30; Luke 10:43; Act_16:23; Act_16:33; 2Co_6:5; 2Co_11:23; a wound: ἡ πληγή τοῦ θανάτου, deadly wound (R. V. death-stroke), Rev_13:3; Rev_13:12; τῆς μαχαίρας, wound made by a sword (sword-stroke), Rev_13:14. (On its idiomatic omission (Luk_12:47, etc.) cf. Buttmann, 82 (72); Winer's Grammar, § 64, 4.)
2. a public calamity, heavy affliction (cf. English plague) (now tormenting now destroying the bodies of men, and sent by God as a punishment): Rev_9:18 (Rec. omits), ; ,(); . (Cf. πληγή Διός, Sophocles Aj. 137 (cf. 279); others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πληγή plēgē 22x
a blow, stroke, stripe, Luk_10:30 ; Luk_12:48 ;
meton. a wound, Act_16:33 ; Rev_13:3 ; Rev_13:12 ; Rev_13:14 ;
from the Hebrew, a plague, affliction, calamity, Rev_9:20 ; Rev_11:6 beating; plague; wound.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πληγή , ῆς , ἡ
( < πλήσσω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H4347 , also for H4046 etc.;]
1. a blow, stripe, wound: pl ., Luk_10:30 ; Luk_12:48 , Act_16:23 ; Act_16:33 , 2Co_6:5 ; 2Co_11:23 ; ἡ Papyri τ . θανάτου ( RV , death-stroke ), Rev_13:3 ; Rev_13:12 ; τ . μαχαίρας , Rev_13:14 .
2. Metaph ., a calamity, plague: Rev_9:18 ; Rev_9:20 ; Rev_11:6 ; Rev_15:1 ; Rev_15:6 ; Rev_15:8 ; Rev_16:9 ; Rev_16:21 ; Rev_18:4 ; Rev_18:8 ; Rev_21:9 ; Rev_22:18 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πληγή [page 518]
blow : cf. Chrest. II. 6 .9 (B.C. 246) πληγάς μοι ἐνέβαλεν , P Tebt I. 44 .19 (B.C. 114) ἔδωκεν πληγὰς πλείους ἧι [ε ]ἶχεν ῥάβδωι , P Fay 12 .17 ( c. B.C. 103) ἤγαγον μεθ᾽ ὕβρεως καὶ π̣λ̣η̣γ̣ῶν , they dragged me away with insults and blows, and P Tebt II. 331 .10 ( c. A.D. 131) ἐ ]πήνεγκά [ν μο ]ι̣ πληγὰς εἰς πᾶν μέλ [ο ]ς το [ῦ σ ]ώματος . Add from the law of astynomy at Pergamum, carved on stone in the time of Trajan, OGIS 483 .177 , αὐτὸς μαστιγούσθω ἐν τῶι κύφωνι ( the pillory ) πληγαῖς πεντήκοντα , and see also Syll 737 (= .3 1109) .84 (A.D. 178) ἐὰν δέ τις ἄχρι πληγῶν ἔλθῃ , ἀπογραφέστω ὁ πληγεὶς πρὸς τὸν ἱερέα ἢ τὸν ἀνθιερέα .
For the ellipsis of πληγάς in Luk_12:47 , 2Co_11:24 , cf. Herodas III. 77, V. 33 (with Headlam s notes).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πληγή πληγή, doric πλα_γά, ἡ, [Etym: πλήσσω] "a blow, stroke", Lat. plaga, Hom. , etc.; πληγὴν πέπληγμαι καιρίαν Aesch. ; in such phrases πληγήν or πληγάς is often omitted, πολλὰς τυπτόμενος Ar. , etc.:—the person struck is said πληγὰς λαβεῖν id=Ar. ; the striker πληγὰς δοῦναι, ἐμβάλλειν, ἐντείνειν τινί Xen. "a stroke by lightning", Hes. : "a blow, stroke of calamity", Aesch. ; πλ. θεοῦ "a blow" from heaven, Soph.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πληγή, ῆς, ἡ
(πλήσσω), [in LXX chiefly for מַכָּה, also for מַגֵּפָה etc. ;]
__1. a blow, stripe, wound: pl., Luk.10:30 12:48, Act.16:23, 33, 2Co.6:5 11:23; ἡ π. τ. θανάτου (RV, death-stroke), Rev.13:3, 12; τ. μαχαίρας, Rev.13:14.
__2. Metaphorical, a calamity, plague: Rev.9:18, 20 11:6 15:1, 6 15:8 16:9, 21 18:4, 8 21:9 22:18.†
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