Strong G2830κλύδων

waves

Transliteration
kludōn
Pronunciation
kloo'-dohn
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From κλύζω kluzō (to billow or dash over); a surge of the sea (literally or figuratively): - raging wave.

Detailed definition

κλύδων, -ωνος, ὁ
(κλύζω, of the sea, to wash over), [in LXX: Jon.1.4; Jon.1.12 (סַעַר), al.;]
a billow, surge: Luk.8:24, Jas.1:6.†
SYN.: κῦμα, a wave (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2830 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • raging1
  • wave1

First verses

  1. Luke 8:24
    And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
  2. James 1:6
    But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κλύδων [ῠ], ωνος, ὁ,
wave, billow, and collectively, surf, rough water, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.421; πόντιος κ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 431 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1687 (Lyric poetry))]; κ. πελάγιος, θαλάσσιος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 701, “Med.” 29; Θρῄκιος κ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 197 (Lyric poetry); κ. ἄγριος 5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 146: in Prose, probably in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.84 (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc., 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, κλυδωνίῳ codices),compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 25.2; πνεῦμα καὶ κ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 548b13; κ. καὶ χειμών [prev. author] “PA” 685a32: _plural_, 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 474, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.10.3.)]
2 in Medicine texts, splashing in the stomach and chest, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.348, +others)]; of sound heard in pleurisy, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.285)]; ἢν κ. ὑγρῶν ἀναπνέῃ ἐς τὰς διαπνοάς flood of humours, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.5)]; ofinternal water in dropsy, [Refs ([prev. author] “SD” 2.1.)]
II metaphorically, κ. κακῶν sea of troubles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 599; κ. ξυμφορᾶς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1527 (troch.))]; κ. ἔφιππος flood of chariots, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 733; πολέμιος κ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 60; πολὺς κ. δορός [prev. author] “Supp.” 474; ἔριδος κ. [prev. author] “Hec.” 116 (_anapaest meter_); πόλις ἐν κλύδωνι τῶν ἄλλων πόλεων διαγομένη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 758a; κ. καὶ μανία 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.314; ἐν χειμῶνι πολλῷ καὶ κ. τῆς πόλεως 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Coriolanus” 32, compare 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 12.14; κ. ἀλογίας 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 26p.479M.)]