Strong G2563κάλαμος
reed/stick/pen
- Transliteration
- kalamos
- Pronunciation
- kal'-am-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or its stem or that of a similar plant); by implication a pen: - pen reed.
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G2563 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- reed11
- pen1
First verses
- Matthew 11:7And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
- Matthew 12:20A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
- Matthew 27:29And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
- Matthew 27:30And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
- Matthew 27:48And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
- Mark 15:19And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
- Mark 15:36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
- Luke 7:24And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
- 3 John 1:13I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
- Revelation 11:1And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
- Revelation 21:15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
- Revelation 21:16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κάλᾰμος [κᾰ], ὁ,
reed, used for thatching or wattling, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.101, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76; for wreaths, κ. λευκός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1006 (_anapaest meter_); for bedding, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 16; for fuel, “PCair.Zen.” 85 (3rd c.BC))]; various species, κ. εὐώδης, ἀρωματικός, sweet flag, Acorus Calamus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.8.4, 9.7.1, “Od.” 33, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.18)]; κ. αὐλητικός pole-reed, Arundo Donax, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.1, 9)]; κ. εἰλετίας marram, Ammophila arundinacea, [Refs ([prev. work] 13)]; κ. ἐπίγειος bush-grass, Calamagrostis epigeios, [Refs ([prev. passage])]; κ. Ἰνδικός bamboo, Bambusa arundinacea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. passage], 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.92, “PLond.” 2.191.11 (2nd c.AD), “Geoponica” 2.6.23, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.98)]; κ. Ἰνδικὸς ὁ ἄρρην male bamboo, Dendrocalamus strictus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.13)]; κ. κύπριος, ={δόναξ}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.414)]; κ. πλόκιμος spear-grass, Phragmites communis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.1)]; κ. Χαρακίας, Arundo Donax, [Refs ([prev. passage])]
II applied to various uses,
II.1 reed-pipe, flute, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).84, “N.” 5.38, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 702 (Lyric poetry), “IT” 1126 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 fishing-rod, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 11, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.43, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 27.9; κ. ἁλιευτικός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 693a23.)]
II.3 limed twig used by fowlers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus “fragment” 10.5, 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 171, 296.)]
II.4 shaft of an arrow, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 7.5)]; made of κ. τοξικός, or Κρητικός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.11.)]
II.5 reed-pen, [LXX+NT+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Psa.44(45).1, NT.3John.13, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 29, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 38; κάλαμοι γραφικοί “PGrenf.” 2.38.7 (1st c.BC))]; κ. γραφεῖς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.61.)]
II.6 measuring-rod, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Rev. 11.1, +others: hence, a definite measure, “IG” 9(1).61.50 (Daulis, 2nd c.AD))]; = 5 πήχεις, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus)] “*Geometry texts” 4.11; = 6 2/3 πήχεις, [Refs ([prev. work]23.13.)]
II.7 in Medicine texts, tube for insufflation, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.9, 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.985; for fumigation, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1.56; for extraction, 1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus 7.5.2)]; also, splint, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus)]in Hp.Fract.[Refs (12.282 C.)]
II.8 ornament of female dress, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.292 (3rd c.BC: Hedylus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.9 stake to which vines were tied, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 369.4 (2nd c.AD), 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 3.125b, etc.)]
III collectively,
III.1 reed, i.e. reeds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 359b1, “POxy.” 742.2 (1st c.BC))], etc.: in plural, reed-beds, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.71.4.)]
III.2 of plants, which are neither shrub nor bush (ὕλη), nor tree (δένδρον), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.1.)]
III.3 mat of reeds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372b)]; roof of reeds [Refs 5th c.AD+ ((from Coan), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
IV ={καλάμη}, stalk of wheat, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.2.)]
V ὁ κ. τοῦ σκέλους the shinbone, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Scholia 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.23.)]
VI ticket for obtaining corn-rations, = tessera frumentaria, [Refs (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)] (Cf. Latin culmus, OHG. halm, etc.)
reed, used for thatching or wattling, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.101, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76; for wreaths, κ. λευκός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1006 (_anapaest meter_); for bedding, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 16; for fuel, “PCair.Zen.” 85 (3rd c.BC))]; various species, κ. εὐώδης, ἀρωματικός, sweet flag, Acorus Calamus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.8.4, 9.7.1, “Od.” 33, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.18)]; κ. αὐλητικός pole-reed, Arundo Donax, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.1, 9)]; κ. εἰλετίας marram, Ammophila arundinacea, [Refs ([prev. work] 13)]; κ. ἐπίγειος bush-grass, Calamagrostis epigeios, [Refs ([prev. passage])]; κ. Ἰνδικός bamboo, Bambusa arundinacea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. passage], 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.92, “PLond.” 2.191.11 (2nd c.AD), “Geoponica” 2.6.23, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.98)]; κ. Ἰνδικὸς ὁ ἄρρην male bamboo, Dendrocalamus strictus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.13)]; κ. κύπριος, ={δόναξ}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.414)]; κ. πλόκιμος spear-grass, Phragmites communis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.1)]; κ. Χαρακίας, Arundo Donax, [Refs ([prev. passage])]
II applied to various uses,
II.1 reed-pipe, flute, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).84, “N.” 5.38, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 702 (Lyric poetry), “IT” 1126 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 fishing-rod, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 11, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.43, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 27.9; κ. ἁλιευτικός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 693a23.)]
II.3 limed twig used by fowlers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus “fragment” 10.5, 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 171, 296.)]
II.4 shaft of an arrow, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 7.5)]; made of κ. τοξικός, or Κρητικός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.11.)]
II.5 reed-pen, [LXX+NT+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Psa.44(45).1, NT.3John.13, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 29, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 38; κάλαμοι γραφικοί “PGrenf.” 2.38.7 (1st c.BC))]; κ. γραφεῖς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.61.)]
II.6 measuring-rod, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Rev. 11.1, +others: hence, a definite measure, “IG” 9(1).61.50 (Daulis, 2nd c.AD))]; = 5 πήχεις, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus)] “*Geometry texts” 4.11; = 6 2/3 πήχεις, [Refs ([prev. work]23.13.)]
II.7 in Medicine texts, tube for insufflation, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.9, 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.985; for fumigation, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1.56; for extraction, 1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus 7.5.2)]; also, splint, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus)]in Hp.Fract.[Refs (12.282 C.)]
II.8 ornament of female dress, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.292 (3rd c.BC: Hedylus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.9 stake to which vines were tied, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 369.4 (2nd c.AD), 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 3.125b, etc.)]
III collectively,
III.1 reed, i.e. reeds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 359b1, “POxy.” 742.2 (1st c.BC))], etc.: in plural, reed-beds, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.71.4.)]
III.2 of plants, which are neither shrub nor bush (ὕλη), nor tree (δένδρον), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.1.)]
III.3 mat of reeds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372b)]; roof of reeds [Refs 5th c.AD+ ((from Coan), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
IV ={καλάμη}, stalk of wheat, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.2.)]
V ὁ κ. τοῦ σκέλους the shinbone, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Scholia 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.23.)]
VI ticket for obtaining corn-rations, = tessera frumentaria, [Refs (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)] (Cf. Latin culmus, OHG. halm, etc.)