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Lexicon :: Strong's G2949 - kyma

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κῦμα
Transliteration
kyma (Key)
Pronunciation
koo'-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From kuo (to swell [with young], i.e bend, curve)
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Strong’s Definitions

κῦμα kŷma, koo'-mah; from κύω kýō (to swell (with young), i.e. bend, curve); a billow (as bursting or toppling):—wave.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G2949 in the following manner: wave (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G2949 in the following manner: wave (5x).

  1. a wave (swell) esp. of the sea or of a lake

    1. of impulse and restless men, tossed to and fro by their raging passions

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κῦμα kŷma, koo'-mah; from κύω kýō (to swell (with young), i.e. bend, curve); a billow (as bursting or toppling):—wave.
STRONGS G2949:
κῦμα, κυματος, τό (from κυέῶ to swell; Curtius, § 79; from Homer down), a wave (cf. English swell), especially of the sea or of a lake: Matthew 8:24; Matthew 14:24; Mark 4:37; Acts 27:41 (R G Tr text brackets); κύματα ἄγρια, properly, Wis. 14:1; with θαλάσσης added, of impulsive and restless men, tossed to and fro by their raging passions, Jude 1:13. (Synonym: cf. κλύδων.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
8:24; 14:24
Mark
4:37
Acts
27:41
Jude
1:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2949 matches the Greek κῦμα (kyma),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:8 - At the blast of your breath,
the waters piled up!
The surging waters stood straight like a wall;
in the heart of the sea the deep waters became hard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:15 - My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook
that overflows its banks in the spring

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - You will forget your misery;
it will be like water flowing away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11 - I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come.
Here your proud waves must stop!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7 - I hear the tumult of the raging seas
as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7 - You quieted the raging oceans
with their pounding waves
and silenced the shouting of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9 - You rule the oceans.
You subdue their storm-tossed waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:25 - He spoke, and the winds rose,
stirring up the waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:29 - He calmed the storm to a whisper
and stilled the waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18 - Oh, that you had listened to my commands!
Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river
and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:15 - For I am the LORD your God,
who stirs up the sea, causing its waves to roar.
My name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - Have you no respect for me?
Why don’t you tremble in my presence?
I, the LORD, define the ocean’s sandy shoreline
as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross.
The waves may toss and roar,
but they can never pass the boundaries I set.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - It is the LORD who provides the sun to light the day
and the moon and stars to light the night,
and who stirs the sea into roaring waves.
His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
and this is what he says:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:42 - The sea has risen over Babylon;
she is covered by its crashing waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am your enemy, O Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the waves of the sea crashing against your shoreline.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:3 - You threw me into the ocean depths,
and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
The mighty waters engulfed me;
I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - They will pass safely through the sea of distress,[fn]
for the waves of the sea will be held back,
and the waters of the Nile will dry up.
The pride of Assyria will be crushed,
and the rule of Egypt will end.
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