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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

Greek Inflections of κάλαμος [?]

mGNT
12x in 4 unique form(s) TR
12x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
26x in 4 unique form(s)

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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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

a reed
a staff made of a reed, a reed staff
a measuring reed or rod
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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS G2563:

κάλαμος, καλάμου, ὁ, 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).

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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

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Strong's Number G2563 matches the Greek κάλαμος (kalamos),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

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Mat 11:7 - Τούτων δὲ πορευομένων ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγειν τοῖς ὄχλοις περὶ Ἰωάννου Τί ἐξήλθετε εἰς τὴν ἔρημον θεάσασθαι κάλαμον^G2563 ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον

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Mat 12:20 - κάλαμον^G2563 συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεάξει καὶ λίνον τυφόμενον οὐ σβέσει ἕως ἂν ἐκβάλῃ εἰς νῖκος τὴν κρίσιν

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Mat 27:29 - καὶ πλέξαντες στέφανον ἐξ ἀκανθῶν ἐπέθηκαν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ κάλαμον^G2563 ἐπὶ τὴν δεξιὰν αὐτοῦ καὶ γονυπετήσαντες ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἐνέπαιζον αὐτῷ λέγοντες Χαῖρε ὁ βασιλεῦς τῶν Ἰουδαίων

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Mat 27:30 - καὶ ἐμπτύσαντες εἰς αὐτὸν ἔλαβον τὸν κάλαμον^G2563 καὶ ἔτυπτον εἰς τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ

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Mat 27:48 - καὶ εὐθέως δραμὼν εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν καὶ λαβὼν σπόγγον πλήσας τε ὄξους καὶ περιθεὶς καλάμῳ^G2563 ἐπότιζεν αὐτόν

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Mar 15:19 - καὶ ἔτυπτον αὐτοῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν καλάμῳ^G2563 καὶ ἐνέπτυον αὐτῷ καὶ τιθέντες τὰ γόνατα προσεκύνουν αὐτῷ

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Mar 15:36 - δραμὼν δέ εἶς καὶ γεμίσας σπόγγον ὄξους περιθεὶς τε καλάμῳ^G2563 ἐπότιζεν αὐτόν λέγων, Ἄφετε ἴδωμεν εἰ ἔρχεται Ἠλίας καθελεῖν αὐτόν

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Luk 7:24 - Ἀπελθόντων δὲ τῶν ἀγγέλων Ἰωάννου ἤρξατο λέγειν πρὸς τοὺς ὄχλους περὶ Ἰωάννου Τί ἐξεληλύθατε εἰς τὴν ἔρημον θεάσασθαι κάλαμον^G2563 ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον

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3Jo 1:13 - Πολλὰ εἶχον γράφειν· ἀλλ᾽ οὐ θέλω διὰ μέλανος καὶ καλάμου^G2563 σοι γράψαι

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Rev 11:1 - Καὶ ἐδόθη μοι κάλαμος^G2563 ὅμοιος ῥάβδῳ λέγων, Ἔγειραι, καὶ μέτρησον τὸν ναὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον καὶ τοὺς προσκυνοῦντας ἐν αὐτῷ

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Rev 21:15 - Καὶ ὁ λαλῶν μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ εἶχεν κάλαμον^G2563 χρυσοῦν ἵνα μετρήσῃ τὴν πόλιν καὶ τοὺς πυλῶνας αὐτῆς καὶ τὸ τεῖχος αὐτῆς

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Rev 21:16 - καὶ ἡ πόλις τετράγωνος κεῖται καὶ τὸ μῆκος αὐτῆς τοσοῦτόν ἐστίν ὅσον καὶ τὸ πλάτος καὶ ἐμέτρησεν τὴν πόλιν τῷ καλάμῳ^G2563 ἐπὶ σταδίων δώδεκα χιλιάδων τὸ μῆκος καὶ τὸ πλάτος καὶ τὸ ὕψος αὐτῆς ἴσα ἐστιν

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