# G3042 λιμός

λιμός (limós), Strong’s G3042: a scarcity of food KJV: dearth, famine, hunger. Occurs 124 times.

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*limós* — a scarcity of food

KJV: dearth, famine, hunger

Derived from [λείπω leípō](https://besorah.bible/word/G3007) (to leave)

Occurs 124 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 24:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/24?v=7) — For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes…
- [Mark 13:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/13?v=8) — For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There…
- [Luke 4:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/4?v=25) — But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and…
- [Luke 15:14](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/15?v=14) — When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
- [Luke 15:17](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/15?v=17) — But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying…
- [Luke 21:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/21?v=11) — There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from…
- [Acts 7:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/7?v=11) — Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
- [Acts 11:28](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/11?v=28) — One of them named Agabus stood up and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world…
- [Romans 8:35](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/8?v=35) — Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness…
- [2 Corinthians 11:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/11?v=27) — in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.