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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 12 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:7 - illis autem abeuntibus coepit Iesus dicere ad turbas de Iohanne quid existis in desertum videre harundinem vento agitatam

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:20 - harundinem quassatam non confringet et linum fumigans non extinguet donec eiciat ad victoriam iudicium

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:29 - et plectentes coronam de spinis posuerunt super caput eius et harundinem in dextera eius et genu flexo ante eum inludebant dicentes have rex Iudaeorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:30 - et expuentes in eum acceperunt harundinem et percutiebant caput eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:48 - et continuo currens unus ex eis acceptam spongiam implevit aceto et inposuit harundini et dabat ei bibere

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:19 - et percutiebant caput eius harundine et conspuebant eum et ponentes genua adorabant eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - currens autem unus et implens spongiam aceto circumponensque calamo potum dabat ei dicens sinite videamus si veniat Helias ad deponendum eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24 - et cum discessissent nuntii Iohannis coepit dicere de Iohanne ad turbas quid existis in desertum videre harundinem vento moveri

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:13 - multa habui scribere tibi sed nolui per atramentum et calamum scribere tibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:1 - et datus est mihi calamus similis virgae dicens surge et metire templum Dei et altare et adorantes in eo

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:15 - et qui loquebatur mecum habebat mensuram harundinem auream ut metiretur civitatem et portas eius et murum

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:16 - et civitas in quadro posita est et longitudo eius tanta est quanta et latitudo et mensus est civitatem de harundine per stadia duodecim milia longitudo et latitudo et altitudo eius aequalia sunt
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