πλήμμυρα
plēmmura
G4132
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Greek
flood
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plemmura denotes the inundating event that strikes a securely founded house in Luke 6:48.
The attested use names the inundating event that comes against a house founded on rock in Luke 6:48.
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Inundation striking a house · dominant
In Luke 6:48, the genitive singular feminine form occurs in the clause about an inundation coming as a river strikes a house built on rock. The APB renders the verse, "when a flood came the river struck against that house," confirming the threatening event within the comparison.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 6:48, the APB presents the event as "a flood" that came before the river struck the house.