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Strong G2627κατακλυσμός

flood

Transliteration
kataklusmos
Pronunciation
kat-ak-looce-mos'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G2626; an inundation: - flood.

Detailed definition

κατα-κλυσμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(κατακλύζω), [in LXX chiefly for מַבּוּל, Gen.6:17, al.; also for שֶׁטֶף, Psa.32:6, al.;]
a flood, deluge: Mat.24:38-39 Luk.17:27, 2Pe.2:5.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2627 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • flood4

First verses

  1. Matthew 24:38
    For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
  2. Matthew 24:39
    And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
  3. Luke 17:27
    They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
  4. 2 Peter 2:5
    And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κατα-κλυσμός, ὁ,
flood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 679d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 222a23, “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.337, “Marm.Par.” 6, etc.)]; inundation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (PMagd. 28v. 4 (3rd c.BC): _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 25c, “Lg.” 677a.)]
2 metaphorically, κ. τῶν πραγμάτων political deluge, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.214.)]
II Medic.. affusion, douche, [Refs (Cael. Aur. “TP” 4.1.1.)]