Lexical Definition

‎πληγή‎ plēgḗ (play-gay') plague/blow/wound ^G:N-F
from ‎πλήσσω‎

plague, stripe, wound(-ed).

• a stroke
• by implication, a wound
• figuratively, a calamity

Abbott-Smith

πληγή, ῆς, ἡ (< πλήσσω), [in LXX chiefly for מַכָּה, also for מַגֶּפָה etc.;]
1. a blow, stripe, wound: pl., Lk 10:30 12:48, Ac 16:23, 33, II Co 6:5 11:23; ἡ π. τ. θανάτου (RV, death-stroke), Re 13:3, 12; τ. μαχαίρας, Re 13:14.
2. Metaph., a calamity, plague: Re 9:18, 20 11:6 15:1, 6, 8 16:9, 21 18:4, 8 21:9 22:18.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πληγή-ή,

Doric dialect πλᾱγά, ἡ, (πλήσσω) blow, stroke, πεπληγήὼν πληγήῇσιν [πληγήῇ νέμεται 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 11, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 109b, 3rd c.BC: Erasistratus Medicus cited in Pseudo-Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Ther.” 18; ἡ π. τοῦ τραύματος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 877b ">Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently joined with Verbs of cognate signification, πέπληγήμαι καιρίαν πληγήήν [πληγήὰς ἐμοί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 636 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύπτεσθαι τῇ δημοσίᾳ μάστιγι ν πληγήάς Legal cited in [πληγήὰς μαστιγούσθω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914b (but in such phrases πληγήήν or πληγήάς">Refs 5th c.BC+] is frequently omitted, τρίτην ἐπενδίδωμι [πληγήὰς λαβεῖν, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 673; ὑπὸ τῶν ῥαβδούχων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.50, etc.; πληγήῶν δεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 493; πληγήὴν ἔχω 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 72; ὑπὸ τὴν π. τοῦ ἀκοντίου ὑπελθεῖν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.4 ">NT+5th c.BC+]; καιρίῃ (i.e. πληγήῇ) τετύφθαι [πληγήὰς ὑπομένειν 4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 4.6; εἰληφέναι καὶ δεδωκέναι πληγήάς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.14 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐμβαλεῖν, ἐντείνειν τινί, [πληγήὰς μαστιγοῦν τινα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.59; πληγήὴν ἐπὶ πληγήῇ φέρειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.33.6; π. παρὰ πληγήήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 643 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; πληγήαῖς ζημιοῦν, κολάζειν, [πληγήῶν “PHal.” 1.115 (3rd c.BC)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; πληγήῆς ἄρχειν strike the first blow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς π. στέγειν, of the shell of a tortoise, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 stroke by lightning, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλαγαὶ σιδάρου strokes of axe or sword, [πληγήαῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 796 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; στέρνων πλαγαί beating of breasts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τῶν ὀδόντων strokes from boars' tusks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; spearing of fish, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of pig-sticking, οἱ κάπροι οἱ πρὸς τὴν π... ὠθούμενοι [Refs]: in singular, fight with clubs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 stroke or impression on the ears or eyes, [πληγήαί 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.5.1. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 impact of bodies, atoms, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 beat of the pulse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__6 metaphorically, blow, stroke of calamity, especially in war, ἐν μιᾷ π. κατέφθαρται.. ὄλβος [πληγήαῖς ὄντες [prev. passage]; πληγήὴν ὑπήνεγκεν ἡ πόλις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270a33; πληγήῇ περιπεπτωκέναι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.9.6; πληγήαὶ βιότου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 933 (\_anapaest meter\_)">Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. Διός α heaven-sent plague, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ 'κ θεοῦ π. τις ἥκει[Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the ten plagues of Egypt, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 2Cor.11.24}