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Strong's #3040 - λιμήν
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- a harbour, haven
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λῐμήν, ένσς, ὁ,
I harbour, Il. 1.432 (here distd. fr. ὅρμος, mooringplace), al., Pl. Ti. 25a, etc.; Κανθάρου λ. a dockyard in the Piraeus, with a pun on κάνθαρος just above, Ar. Pax 145 (ubi v. Sch.): freq. in pl., λιμένες νηῶν ὀχοί Od. 5.404; λιμένες δ' ἔνι ναύλοχοι αὐτῇ 4.846; λιμένες τε πάνορμοι 13.195, cf. S. Ph. 936, etc.: c. gen. objecti, λιμένες θαλάσσης havens of refuge from the sea, Od. 5.418, cf. Hes. Sc. 207.
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1. metaph., haven, retreat, refuge, Thgn. 460; ἑταιρείας λ. a haven of friendship, S. Aj. 683; οὗτος.. λ. πέφανται τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων E. Med. 769: c. gen. objecti, λ. κακῶν from ills, A. Supp. 471; ὦ ναυτίλοισι χείματος λ. φανείς E. Andr. 891; ὕπνον.. τῶν καμάτων λ. Critias 6.20 D.; λ. τῆς πλάνης ἥδε ἡ γῆ μόνη λείπεται D.H. 1.58.
2. gathering-place, receptacle, πλούτου λ. A. Pers. 250; μέγας E. Or. 1077; παντὸς οἰωνοῦ λ. S. Ant. 1000; Ἅιδου λ. harbour of death, ib. 1284 (lyr.); ξείνων αἰδοῖοι λιμένες Emp. 112.3; βοῆς τῆς σῆς ποῖος οὐκ ἔσται λ.; what place shall not harbour (i.e. receive) thy cry? S. OT 420.
III = ἀγορά in Thessaly and Paphos, IG 9(2).517.42 (Larissa), Gal. Thras. 32, D.Chr. 11.23 (interpol.). the source of birth, womb, Emp. 98.3, S. OT 1208 (lyr.).
λιμήν, λιμένος, ὁ (allied with λίμνη, which see; from Homer down), a harbor, haven: Acts 27:8, 12; see καλοί λιμενες, p. 322{a}.
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λιμήν , -ένος , ὁ ,
[in LXX: Psalms 107:30 (H4231), Psalms 107:35, 1 Esdras 5:55; 1 Esdras 5:1-2; *;]
a harbour, haven: Acts 27:8; Acts 27:12 (cf. Καλοὶ Λιμένες ).†
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P Petr II. 45ii. 19 (B.C. 246) ὁ ἐν Σελευκεί [αι λ ]ιμήν, P Amh II.116.1 (A.D. 178) τετέλ (εσται) . . . λιμένος Μέμφε [ως, ";paid the tax for the harbour of Memphis.";
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