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Lexicon :: Strong's G2563 - kalamos

Aa
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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:7 - And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John, said to all the people, What went you out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:20 - The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the feebly burning light will he not put out, till he has made righteousness overcome all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:29 - And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:30 - And they put shame on him, and gave him blows on the head with the rod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:48 - And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a sponge, and made it full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod and gave him drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:19 - And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24 - And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:13 - I had much to say to you, but it is not my purpose to put it all down with ink and pen:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:1 - And there was given to me a measuring rod: and one said, Go up and take the measure of the house of God, and the altar, and the worshippers in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:15 - And he who was talking with me had a gold measuring-rod to take the measure of the town, and of its doors, and its wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:16 - And the town is square, as wide as it is long; and he took the measure of the town with the rod, one thousand and five hundred miles: it is equally long and wide and high.
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