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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, 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).
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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:1 - [[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.]] My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14 - Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:3 - A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3 - And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 - And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6 - Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 - He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8 - I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:12 - And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
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