Strong G2562καλάμη
straw/stubble
- Transliteration
- kalamē
- Pronunciation
- kal-am'-ay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine of G2563; a stalk of grain that is (collectively) stubble: - stubble.
Detailed definition
καλάμη, -ης, ἡ
(cf. κάλαμος), [in LXX chiefly for קַשׁ, Exo.5:12, Isa.5:24, al.;]
a stalk of corn, stubble: 1Co.3:12.†
(AS)
(cf. κάλαμος), [in LXX chiefly for קַשׁ, Exo.5:12, Isa.5:24, al.;]
a stalk of corn, stubble: 1Co.3:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2562 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stubble1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 3:12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κᾰλᾰμ-η, ἡ,
(see. κάλαμος) stalk, especially the stalk or straw of corn, metaphorically in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, αἶψά τε φυλόπιδος πέλεται κόρος ἀνθρώποισιν, ἧς τε πλείστην μὲν καλάμην Χθονὶ Χαλκὸς ἔχευεν, ἄμητος δ᾽ ὀλίγιστος)], i.e. when there is much straw and little harvest, much slaughter and little profit, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.222)]; κ. πυρῶν wheat-straw, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.33; σῖτος σὺν τῇ καλάμῃ ἀποκείμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.27; καλάμαν τε καὶ ἱερὰ δράγματα.. ἀσταχύων 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 20)]; proverbial of a greedy farmer, πυροὺς ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦν to exhaust ground by one corn-crop after another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 77: _plural_, σῖτος ἐπὶ ταῖς κ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.13.)]
2 stubble, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 341b27, “PSI” 4.380.6 (3rd c.BC), NT.1Cor.3.12, etc.: _metaphorically_, of an old man, καλάμην γέ σ᾽ ὀΐομαι εἰσορόωντα γιγνώσκειν)] thou mayst still, I ween, perceive the stubble (i.e. the residue) of former strength, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.214; τὸ γῆρας καλάμη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1410b14; τὴν κ. δωρῇ, δοὺς ἑτέροις τὸ θέρος “Anthologia Graeca” 11.36 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; Ῥήσου κ. the remains of Rhesus, i.e. his corpse, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 6.53)]; ἀπὸ τῆς κ. τεκμαίρεσθαι to judge from the remains, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 5.)]
3 κολχὶς κ., ={λίνον}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 265.)]
II ={κάλαμος}, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 8.9.)]
(see. κάλαμος) stalk, especially the stalk or straw of corn, metaphorically in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, αἶψά τε φυλόπιδος πέλεται κόρος ἀνθρώποισιν, ἧς τε πλείστην μὲν καλάμην Χθονὶ Χαλκὸς ἔχευεν, ἄμητος δ᾽ ὀλίγιστος)], i.e. when there is much straw and little harvest, much slaughter and little profit, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.222)]; κ. πυρῶν wheat-straw, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.33; σῖτος σὺν τῇ καλάμῃ ἀποκείμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.27; καλάμαν τε καὶ ἱερὰ δράγματα.. ἀσταχύων 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 20)]; proverbial of a greedy farmer, πυροὺς ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦν to exhaust ground by one corn-crop after another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 77: _plural_, σῖτος ἐπὶ ταῖς κ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.13.)]
2 stubble, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 341b27, “PSI” 4.380.6 (3rd c.BC), NT.1Cor.3.12, etc.: _metaphorically_, of an old man, καλάμην γέ σ᾽ ὀΐομαι εἰσορόωντα γιγνώσκειν)] thou mayst still, I ween, perceive the stubble (i.e. the residue) of former strength, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.214; τὸ γῆρας καλάμη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1410b14; τὴν κ. δωρῇ, δοὺς ἑτέροις τὸ θέρος “Anthologia Graeca” 11.36 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; Ῥήσου κ. the remains of Rhesus, i.e. his corpse, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 6.53)]; ἀπὸ τῆς κ. τεκμαίρεσθαι to judge from the remains, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 5.)]
3 κολχὶς κ., ={λίνον}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 265.)]
II ={κάλαμος}, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 8.9.)]