Greek noun (feminine) · G4127
πληγή
plegeplay-gay'
a blow, stripe, wound; Metaphorical
22 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: plēgḗ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4127is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4127
a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity
The King James renders it: plague, stripe, wound(-ed).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
plege is rendered "a blow, stripe, wound; Metaphorical". It stands 22 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Sixteen of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a blow, stripe, wound".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 10:30Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
Luke 10:30πληγὰς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Sixteen of the word's twenty-two uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a blow, stripe, wound, and Metaphorical.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a blow, stripe, woundpl., Luk.10:30 12:48, Act.16:23, 33, 2Co.6:5 11:23; ἡ π. τ. θανάτου (RV, death-stroke), Rev.13:3, 12; τ. μαχαίρας, Rev.13:14. | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 10:30Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he… |
| Metaphoricala calamity, plague | Tagged as
| WhereRevelation 9:18A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 22, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πληγὰς6
- πληγῶν5
- πληγαῖς3
- πληγὴ3
- πληγαὶ2
- πληγῇ1
- πληγὴν1
- πληγῆς1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural6N-APF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural5N-GPF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural3N-DPF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular3N-NSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural2N-NPF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
Luke
two uses
Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
- πληγὰςplegasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: wounds
But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.
- πληγῶνplegonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: of stripes
Acts
two uses
And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.
- πληγὰςplegasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: blows
At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
- πληγῶνplegonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: wounds
2 Corinthians
two uses
in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
- πληγαῖςplegaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: beatings
Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
- πληγαῖςplegaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: beatings
Revelation
sixteen uses
A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
- πληγῶνplegonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: plagues
Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
- πληγαῖςplegaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: plagues
These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
- πληγῇplegeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: plague
One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.
- πληγὴplegenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: wound
And this beast exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.
- πληγὴplegenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: wound
Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.
- πληγὴνplegennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: wound
Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.
- πληγὰςplegasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: plagues
And out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.
- πληγὰςplegasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: plagues
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
- πληγαὶplegainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: plagues
And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
- πληγὰςplegasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: plagues
And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
- πληγῆςplegesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: plague
- πληγὴplegenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: plague
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
- πληγῶνplegonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: plagues
Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
- πληγαὶplegainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: plagues
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
- πληγῶνplegonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: plagues
I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
- πληγὰςplegasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: plagues
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.