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Lexicon :: Strong's G2563 - kalamos

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κάλαμος
Transliteration
kalamos (Key)
Pronunciation
kal'-am-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Or uncertain affinity
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Strong’s Definitions

κάλαμος kálamos, kal'-am-os; of uncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen:—pen, reed.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G2563 in the following manner: reed (11x), pen (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G2563 in the following manner: reed (11x), pen (1x).
  1. a reed

  2. a staff made of a reed, a reed staff

  3. a measuring reed or rod

  4. a writer's reed, a pen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κάλαμος kálamos, kal'-am-os; of uncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen:—pen, reed.
STRONGS G2563:
κάλαμος, καλάμου, , from Pindar down, Latincalamus, i. e.
a. a reed: Matthew 11:7; Matthew 12:20 (from Isaiah 42:3); Luke 7:24.
b. a staff made of a reed, a reed-staff (as in 2 Kings 18:21): Matthew 27:29f, 48; Mark 15:19, 36.
c. a measuring reed or rod: Revelation 11:1; Revelation 21:15f (Ezekiel 40:3-6; Ezekiel 42:16-19).
d. a writer's reed, a pen: 3 John 1:13; (see Gardthausen, Griech. Palaeogr., p. 71f).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Kings
18:21
Isaiah
42:3
Ezekiel
40:3; 40:4; 40:5; 40:6; 42:16; 42:17; 42:18; 42:19
Matthew
11:7; 12:20; 27:29; 27:48
Mark
15:19; 15:36
Luke
7:24
3 John
1:13
Revelation
11:1; 21:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2563 matches the Greek κάλαμος (kalamos),
which occurs 26 times in 20 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 -

“Take for yourself the finest spices: 12 1/2 pounds[fn] of liquid myrrh, half as much (6 1/4 pounds[fn]) of fragrant cinnamon, 6 1/4 pounds of fragrant cane,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 -

He lies under the lotus plants,

hiding in the protection[fn] of marshy reeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:1 -

My heart is moved by a noble theme

as I recite my verses to the king;

my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 -

Rebuke the beast in the reeds,

the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.

Trample underfoot those with bars of silver.[fn]

Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14 -

nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,

with all the trees of frankincense,

myrrh and aloes,

with all the best spices.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 -

The channels will stink;

they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched.

Reed and rush will wilt.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 -

the parched ground will become a pool,

and the thirsty land, springs.

In the haunt of jackals, in their lairs,

there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:3 -

“He will not break a bruised reed,

and he will not put out a smoldering wick;

he will faithfully bring justice.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3 -

He brought me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. He was standing by the city gate.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 -

Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six units of twenty-one inches;[fn] each unit was the standard length plus three inches.[fn] He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was 10 1/2 feet,[fn] and its height was the same.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6 -

Then he came to the gate that faced east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate; it was 10 1/2 feet deep ​— ​one threshold was 10 1/2 feet deep.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 -

Each recess was 10 1/2 feet long and 10 1/2 feet deep, and there was a space of 8 3/4 feet[fn] between the recesses. The inner threshold of the gate on the temple side next to the gate’s portico was 10 1/2 feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 -

Next he measured the gate’s portico;

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8 -

I saw that the temple had a raised platform surrounding it; this foundation for the side rooms was 10 1/2 feet high.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:12 -

The entrance at the beginning of the passageway, the way in front of the corresponding[fn] wall as one enters on the east side, was similar to the entrances of the chambers that were on the south side.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 -

He measured the east side with a measuring rod;

it was 875 feet[fn] by the measuring rod.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 -

He[fn] measured the north side;

it was 875 feet by the measuring rod.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 -

He[fn] measured the south side;

it was 875 feet by the measuring rod.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 -

Then he turned to the west side

and measured 875 feet by the measuring rod.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 -

He measured the temple complex on all four sides. It had a wall all around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy from the common.

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