πληγή
plēgē (G4127)
plague/blow/wound
AI Word Study
The Greek word "πληγή" (plēgē) is a term with multiple meanings, primarily related to physical harm or injury. Its short definition encompasses three distinct concepts: a plague, a blow, and a wound. This semantic range suggests that the word can be used to describe various forms of physical affliction, from widespread disease outbreaks to individual injuries. The word "πληγή" appears 22 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the narrative and thematic development of the text. Its usage across different contexts and genres likely reflects the importance of physical health and well-being in ancient cultures. The frequency of its occurrence also suggests that the concept of physical harm or injury was a common concern in everyday life, as well as in the broader social and cultural context. The significance of "πληγή" lies in its ability to convey a sense of physical vulnerability and the potential for harm or suffering. Its range of usage and frequency of occurrence in the Bible underscore the importance of physical health and well-being in ancient cultures, and its multiple meanings highlight the complexity of human experience in the face of physical affliction.
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Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,
He took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.
in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.
By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can’t see, hear, or walk.
These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.
One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled at the beast.
He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.
He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.
I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God’s wrath is finished.
The seven angels who had the seven plagues came out, clothed with pure, bright linen, and wearing golden sashes around their breasts.
The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.
People were scorched with great heat, and people blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They didn’t repent and give him glory.
Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague is exceedingly severe.
I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,
Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.”
I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God add to him the plagues which are written in this book.