Definition

a pond (large or small)

Etymology

probably from G3040 (λιμήν) (through the idea of nearness of shore);

Word family

• λιμήν limḗn

How the KJV renders it

• lake

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.