Strong G2949κῦμα
a wave
- Transliteration
- kuma
- Pronunciation
- koo'-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From κύω kuō (to swell [with young] that is bend 6
curve); a billow (as bursting or toppling): - wave.
curve); a billow (as bursting or toppling): - wave.
Detailed definition
κῦμα, -τος, τό
(κύω, to be pregnant, to swell) [in LXX chiefly for גַּל;]
a wave: pl., Mat.8:24 14:24, Mrk.4:37; κ. θαλάσσης, figuratively, Ju 13.†
SYN.: κλύδων, q.v (AS)
(κύω, to be pregnant, to swell) [in LXX chiefly for גַּל;]
a wave: pl., Mat.8:24 14:24, Mrk.4:37; κ. θαλάσσης, figuratively, Ju 13.†
SYN.: κλύδων, q.v (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2949 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wave5
First verses
- Matthew 8:24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
- Matthew 14:24But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
- Mark 4:37And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
- Acts 27:41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
- Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κῦμα, ατος, τό,
(κύω) anything swollen (as if pregnant): hence,
I wave, billow, of rivers as well as the sea, in singular and plural; κ. θαλάσσης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.209, +others; κ. ῥόοιο 21.263; κ. διϊπετέος ποταμοῖο [prev. work] 268, 326)]; κύματ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόνος κλύζεσκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (23.61; κύματ᾽ εὐρέϊ πόντῳ βάντ᾽ ἐπιόντα τε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 114 (Lyric poetry): less frequently in Prose, κύματος ἐπαναχώρησις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89: collectively, ὡς τὸ κ. ἔστρωτο)] when the swell abated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.193, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 344b35, +others)]
I.2 metaphorically, flood of men, κ. χερσαῖον στρατοῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 64, compare 114 (Lyric poetry), 1083 (_anapaest meter_).)]
I.2.b of the waves of adversity, etc., κ. ἄτης, κακῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 886 (_anapaest meter_), “Th.” 758 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 927; συμφορᾶς [prev. author] “Hipp.” 824)]; κελαινοῦ κ. μένος, of passion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 832; κ. κατακλυσμὸν φέρον νόσων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 740e.)]
I.2.c phrases: μάτην με κῦμ᾽ ὅπως παρηγορῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1001; πρὸς κῦμα λακτίζειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1396; ἐκ κυμάτων.. γαλήν᾽ ὁρῶ [prev. author] “Or.” 279; ἐπ᾽ ῃόνι κύματα μετρεῖν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.60; ἀριθμεῖν τὰ κύματα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 84.)]
I.3 Architecture texts, waved moulding, cyma, Λέσβιον κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 78.)]
II from κύω (as κύημα from κυέω), foetus, embryo, νεόσπορον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eu.” 659; γέμουσαν κύματος θεοσπόρου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 106)]; of the earth, κ. λαμβάνειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 128; δισσὸν κῦμ᾽ ἐλόχευσε τέκνων “Anthologia Graeca” 6.200 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.2 young sprout of plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.6.9)]; especially of a cabbage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.642.)]
(κύω) anything swollen (as if pregnant): hence,
I wave, billow, of rivers as well as the sea, in singular and plural; κ. θαλάσσης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.209, +others; κ. ῥόοιο 21.263; κ. διϊπετέος ποταμοῖο [prev. work] 268, 326)]; κύματ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόνος κλύζεσκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (23.61; κύματ᾽ εὐρέϊ πόντῳ βάντ᾽ ἐπιόντα τε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 114 (Lyric poetry): less frequently in Prose, κύματος ἐπαναχώρησις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89: collectively, ὡς τὸ κ. ἔστρωτο)] when the swell abated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.193, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 344b35, +others)]
I.2 metaphorically, flood of men, κ. χερσαῖον στρατοῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 64, compare 114 (Lyric poetry), 1083 (_anapaest meter_).)]
I.2.b of the waves of adversity, etc., κ. ἄτης, κακῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 886 (_anapaest meter_), “Th.” 758 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 927; συμφορᾶς [prev. author] “Hipp.” 824)]; κελαινοῦ κ. μένος, of passion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 832; κ. κατακλυσμὸν φέρον νόσων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 740e.)]
I.2.c phrases: μάτην με κῦμ᾽ ὅπως παρηγορῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1001; πρὸς κῦμα λακτίζειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1396; ἐκ κυμάτων.. γαλήν᾽ ὁρῶ [prev. author] “Or.” 279; ἐπ᾽ ῃόνι κύματα μετρεῖν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.60; ἀριθμεῖν τὰ κύματα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 84.)]
I.3 Architecture texts, waved moulding, cyma, Λέσβιον κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 78.)]
II from κύω (as κύημα from κυέω), foetus, embryo, νεόσπορον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eu.” 659; γέμουσαν κύματος θεοσπόρου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 106)]; of the earth, κ. λαμβάνειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 128; δισσὸν κῦμ᾽ ἐλόχευσε τέκνων “Anthologia Graeca” 6.200 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.2 young sprout of plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.6.9)]; especially of a cabbage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.642.)]