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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 BoxExo 30:23 - "Take choice spices: twelve and a half pounds of free-flowing myrrh, half that - about six and a quarter pounds - of sweet-smelling cinnamon, six and a quarter pounds of sweet-smelling cane,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 - Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:1 - My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. I say, "I have composed this special song for the king; my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Sound your battle cry against the wild beast of the reeds, and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! They humble themselves and offer gold and silver as tribute. God scatters the nations that like to do battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14 - nard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon with every kind of spice, myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 - The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:3 - A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3 - When he brought me there, I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 - I saw a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man's hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet long. He measured the thickness of the wall as 10½ feet, and its height as 10½ feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6 - Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 - Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8 - I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick of 10½ feet high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:12 - were the chambers which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured the east side with the measuring stick as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.
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