λίμνη límnē

Meaning

a pond (large or small)

In the King James Version: lake

Derivation: probably from G3040 (λιμήν) (through the idea of nearness of shore);

Where it is used

• Luke 5:1 On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
• Luke 5:2 He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
• Luke 8:22 One day Jesus said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side of the lake.” So He got into a boat with them and set out.
• Luke 8:23 As they sailed, He fell asleep, and a windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.
• Luke 8:33 Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
• Revelation 19:20 But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
• Revelation 20:10 And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
• Revelation 20:14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
• Revelation 20:15 And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
• Revelation 21:8 But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”