κάλαμος kalamos · G2563

reed/stick/pen

κάλαμος, -ου, ὁ ; [in LXX chiefly for קָנֶה, Isa.42:3, Eze.40:3 ff., al. ; ] ; a reed: Mat.11:7 12:20" (LXX) Luk.7:24; hence, accusative, to its various uses, ; (a) a reed-pipe, flute; (b) a reed-staff, staff (cf. 4Ki.18:21, ῥάβδος καλαμίνη): Mat.27:29-30, 48, Mrk.15:19, 36; (with) a measuring reed or rod (Ez, l.with): Rev.11:1 21:15-16; (d) a writing reed, a pen: III Jn 13 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 9, 7).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

κάλᾰμος [κᾰ], ὁ, ; reed, used for thatching or wattling, []; various species, κ. εὐώδης, ἀρωματικός, sweet flag, Acorus Calamus, []; κ. αὐλητικός pole-reed, Arundo Donax, []; κ. εἰλετίας marram, Ammophila arundinacea, []; κ. ἐπίγειος bush-grass, Calamagrostis epigeios, []; κ. Ἰνδικός bamboo, Bambusa arundinacea, []; κ. Ἰνδικὸς ὁ ἄρρην male bamboo, Dendrocalamus strictus, []; κ. κύπριος, ={δόναξ}, []; κ. πλόκιμος spear-grass, Phragmites communis, []; κ. Χαρακίας, Arundo Donax, []; II applied to …

Where it's used 12 times

Matthew 11:7 · Matthew 12:20 · Matthew 27:29 · Matthew 27:30 · Matthew 27:48 · Mark 15:19 · Mark 15:36 · Luke 7:24 · 3 John 1:13 · Revelation 11:1 · Revelation 21:15 · Revelation 21:16

Source: TBESG G2563; TFLSJ G2563

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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