Lake

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Λίμνη (Strong'S #3041 — Noun Feminine — limne — lim'-nay )

"a lake," is used (a) in the Gospels, only by Luke, of the Sea of Galilee,  Luke 5:2;  8:22,23,33 , called Gennesaret in  Luke 5:1 (Matthew and Mark use thalassa, "a sea"); (b) of the "lake" of fire,   Revelation 19:20;  20:10,14,15;  21:8 .

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.

(2): ( v. i.) To play; to sport.

(3): ( n.) A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc.

(4): ( n.) A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area.

King James Dictionary

LAKE,

To play to sport. North of England. This is play, without a prefix.

LAKE, n. L. lacus. A lake is a stand of water, from the root of lay. Hence L. lagena, Eng. flagon.

1. A large and extensive collection of water contained in a cavity or hollow of the earth. It differs from a pond in size, the latter being a collection of small extent but sometimes a collection of water is called a pond or a lake indifferently. North America contains some of the largest lakes on the globe, particularly the lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior. 2. A middle color between ultramarine and vermilion, made of cochineal.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

There are three lakes spoken of in Judea, namely, the Asphaltites, Tiberias, and Semechon. In the original we should read Bor as a lake, or pit, or cistern. In Palestine, we are told, they make lakes for their wines. That passage in the Revelations concerning the wine-press means a take. ( Revelation 14:19-20)

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

See  Revelation 19:20   21:8 , recalls the fire and sea in which Sodom was consumed and swallowed up.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

lāk ( λίμνη , lı́mnē ): The word is used (  Luke 5:1 ,  Luke 5:2;  Luke 8:22 ,  Luke 8:23 ,  Luke 8:33 ) of the Lake of Gennesaret or Sea of Galilee, and ( Revelation 19:20;  Revelation 20:10 ,  Revelation 20:14 ,  Revelation 20:15;  Revelation 21:8 ) of the "lake of fire and brimstone." Lakes are not abundant in Syria and Palestine. The Dead Sea, which might be called a lake, is in most places in English Versions of the Bible called the Salt Sea. It is called by the Arabs Baḥr Lût , Sea of Lot. It is a question whether the Waters of Merom ( Joshua 11:5 ,  Joshua 11:7 ) can be identified with the Ḥûleh , a marshy lake in the course of the Upper Jordan, North of the Sea of Galilee. East of Damascus on the edge of the desert there are saltish lakes in which the water of the rivers of Damascus (see  2 Kings 5:12 ) is gathered and evaporates. In the Lebanon West of Ba‛albek is the small Lake Yammûneh , which is fed by copious springs, but whose water disappears in the latter part of the summer, being drained off by subterranean channels. The Lake of Ḥumṣ on the Orontes is artificial, though ancient. On the lower Orontes is the Lake of Antioch.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( Λίμνη , Apool), a term used in the N.T. only of the Lake of Gennesareth ( Luke 5:1-2;  Luke 8:22-23;  Luke 8:33), and of the burning sulphurous pool of Hades ( Revelation 19:20;  Revelation 20:10;  Revelation 20:14-15;  Revelation 21:8). The more usual word is Sea (q.v.). The principal lakes of Palestine, besides the above Sea of Tiberias, are the Dead Sea and the Waters of Merom. See each in its place.