Lexical Summary kalamos: a reed Original Word: κάλαμοςTransliteration: kalamos Phonetic Spelling: (kal'-am-os) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a reed Meaning: a reed Strong's Concordance pen, reed. Or uncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen -- pen, reed. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2563: κάλαμοςκάλαμος, καλάμου, ὁ, from Pindar down, Latincalamus, i. e. a. a reed: Matthew 11:7; Matthew 12:20 (from Isaiah 42:3); Luke 7:24. b. a staff made of a reed, a reed-staff (as in 2 Kings 18:21): Matthew 27:29f, 48; Mark 15:19, 36. c. a measuring reed or rod: Revelation 11:1; Revelation 21:15f (Ezekiel 40:3-6; Ezekiel 42:16-19). d. a writer's reed, a pen: 3 John 1:13; (see Gardthausen, Griech. Palaeogr., p. 71f). |
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