πληγή (plaʸgή) — to hit / to strike / to beat

Notes: These expressions for wound normally do not imply a mortal wound. It is possible, however, to speak of a mortal wound by the phrase ἡ πληγὴ τοῦ θανάτου as in OET REV 13:3, OET REV 13:12.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: πληγή; -ῆς

Related lemmas: πλήσσω

Sense 1: to hit, to strike, to beat

Semantic entry: 19.1

Semantic domains: Physical Impact

Subdomains: Hit, Strike

Definition: to strike or hit an object, one or more times

Notes: One may also render this expression in OET LUK 12:48 as ‘does something for which he should be beaten.’

Show passage in OET: LUK 10:30

OET-RV LUK 10:30

30 Yeshua replied with this: “Once a Jewish man was walking downhill from Yerushalem (Jerusalem) to Yeriho (Jericho) when a group of robbers grabbed him and took everything including his clothes, then took off leaving him there wounded and half-dead.

OET-LV LUK 10:30

30 the Yaʸsous having _replied said:
A_ certain _man was _coming _down from Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) to Yeriⱪō/(Yərīḩō), and he _fell _among among _robbers, who both having _stripped_ him _off, and having _inflicted wounds, they _went _away having _left him half _dead.

Show passage in OET: LUK 12:48

OET-RV LUK 12:48

48 yet a slave that didn’t know what was expected, even if they might have done things worthy of a beating, they’ll just get a couple of blows. Everyone who’s given much is expected to do much, and everyone who’s entrusted with many things, will have much more expected back from them.

OET-LV LUK 12:48

48 but the one not having _known, but having _done things worthy of _beatings, will _be _being _beat few blows.
And to _everyone to _whom was _given much, much will _be _being _sought from him, and to _whom they _entrusted they _will _be _requesting him much, more _abundantly.

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All 5 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 10:30 · OET LUK 12:48

ACT: OET ACT 16:23

CO2: OET CO2 6:5 · OET CO2 11:23

Sense 2: wound

Semantic entry: 20.29

Semantic domains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

Subdomains: Harm, Wound

Definition: the condition resulting from being severely hurt or wounded{N:001}

Show passage in OET: ACT 16:33

OET-RV ACT 16:33

33 Even though it was still the middle of the night, he sponged their wounds, and then him and his household were all immersed straight away.

OET-LV ACT 16:33

33 And having _taken them in that the hour of _the night, he _washed them from their wounds, and he _was _immersed, he and the ones of _him all immediately.

Show passage in OET: REV 13:3

OET-RV REV 13:3

3 One of the heads of the sea creature looked as if someone had wounded it so that it had died, but that wound had healed and as a result, all the people of the earth marvelled at the sea creature and obeyed it.

OET-LV REV 13:3

3 And one of the heads of _it as having _been _slain to death, and the wound of _the death of _it was _healed.
And was _being _marvelled all the earth after the wild _animal,

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All 4 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: OET ACT 16:33

REV: OET REV 13:3 · OET REV 13:12 · OET REV 13:14

Sense 3: plague, pestilence

Semantic entry: 23.158

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Sickness, Disease, Weakness

Definition: a widespread contagious disease, often associated with divine retribution

Notes: It is also possible to interpret πληγή in OET REV 11:6 as being somewhat more generic in meaning, that is to say, trouble or distress causing widespread suffering (see 22.13: πληγή).

Show passage in OET: REV 9:18

OET-RV REV 9:18

18 Those three disasters (fire, smoke, and burning sulfur coming out of their mouths) killed one third of humankind

OET-LV REV 9:18

18 By the three plagues these were _killed _off the third of_ the _mankind by the fire, and the smoke, and the sulfur, which going _out out _of the mouths of _them.

Show passage in OET: REV 9:20

OET-RV REV 9:20

20 However, the rest of humankind that hadn’t been killed by those disasters, didn’t repent of their actions and didn’t stop worshipping demons and idols made of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood—idols that can’t see, can’t hear, and can’t walk.

OET-LV REV 9:20

20 And the rest of _the people, who not were _killed _off by the plagues these, not _even they _repented of the works of _the hands of _them, in _order _that not they _will _be _prostrating before _the demons, and the idols the golden, and the silver, and the bronze, and the stone, and the wooden, which neither to _be _seeing are _being _able, nor to _be _hearing, nor to _be _walking.

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All 3 recorded passages for this sense

REV: OET REV 9:18 · OET REV 9:20 · OET REV 11:6

Sense 4: plague, great suffering, distress

Semantic entry: 22.13

Semantic domains: Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances

Subdomains: Trouble, Hardship, Distress

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of πληγή [source selector 000002][c] ‘plague,’ 23.158: θάνατος / 23.158: λοιμός / 23.158: πληγή) a type of trouble or distress causing widespread and/or intense suffering

Notes: One may also render OET REV 18:4 as ‘so that you will not suffer as she is going to suffer.’

Show passage in OET: REV 9:18

OET-RV REV 9:18