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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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πλήμμυρα

Strong’s: G4132

Associated OET lemmas: πλήμμυρα

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: πλήμμυρα; -ης

Constructions: πλήμμυρα; πίμπλημι; μύρω; flow, stream

Sense 1: flood, high water

Semantic entry: 14.33

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Events Involving Liquids and Dry Masses

Definition: the overflowing of the banks by a river or stream

Notes: One might very well render OET LUK 6:48 as ‘when the river overflowed its banks, it burst against the house.’ In some instances it may not be possible to use a term which would be more or less literally ‘to burst against,’ but one can say ‘tried to cause the house to collapse’ or ‘tried to destroy the house.’

Show passage in OET: LUK 6:48

OET-RV LUK 6:48

48 That person is like a man building a house. He dug and drilled and laid a foundation on the rock, and then when there was a flood that dashed against that house, it didn’t shake it because it was built well.

OET-LV LUK 6:48

48 he_is similar to_a_man building a_house, who dug and deepened and laid a_foundation on the rock, and having_become flood the flood dashed_against to_ the that _house, and it_was_ not _able to_shake it, because_of the thing to_have_built it well.

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