πληγή plēgē

Greek word for “plague/blow/wound” · Strong’s G4127 · used 22 times in 21 verses

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Meaning

πληγή, ῆς, ἡ; (πλήσσω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for plēgē in context, with how often each is used:

• plagues 10
• plague 3
• wound 3
• wounds 2
• beatings 2
• stripes 1
• blows 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 13 (3), Revelation 15 (3), Acts 16 (2), Revelation 9 (2), Revelation 16 (2), Revelation 18 (2), Luke 10 (1), Luke 12 (1), 2 Corinthians 6 (1), 2 Corinthians 11 (1)

Forms

• πληγὰς 6
• πληγῶν 5
• πληγαῖς 3
• πληγὴ 3
• πληγαὶ 2
• πληγῇ 1
• πληγὴν 1
• πληγῆς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with plēgē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἑπτά hepta “seven” 4
• θάνατος thanatos “death” 4
• ἐπιτίθημι epitithēmi “to put/lay on” 3
• θηρίον thērion “wild animal” 3
• φυλακή phulakē “prison/watch” 3
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 4
• γῆ gē “earth” 4
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 4
• ἐξουσία exousia “authority” 3
• καπνός kapnos “smoke” 2
• χρύσεος chruseos “golden” 2
• κόπος kopos “labor” 2

Key verses

The verses using plēgē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Acts 16:23 — And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
• 2 Corinthians 6:5 — In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
• 2 Corinthians 11:23 — Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
• Revelation 9:20 — And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of…
• Revelation 13:3 — And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
• Revelation 13:14 — And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the…
• Revelation 15:1 — And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
• Revelation 16:9 — And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
• Revelation 16:21 — And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the…
• Revelation 18:4 — And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
• Revelation 18:8 — Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth…
• Revelation 22:18 — For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.