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πλήμμυρα
plēmmura
G4132
G:N-F 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.

Senses in use

  1. 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.

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