κάλαμος kalamos

Greek word for “reed/stick/pen” · Strong’s G2563 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

κάλαμος, -ου, ὁ; a reed: 12:20" (LXX);

How it is translated

Glosses given for kalamos in context, with how often each is used:

• reed 10
• pen 1
• measuring rod 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 27 (3), Mark 15 (2), Revelation 21 (2), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 12 (1), Luke 7 (1), 3 John 1 (1), Revelation 11 (1)

Forms

• κάλαμον 6
• καλάμῳ 4
• καλάμου 1
• κάλαμος 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kalamos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• μετρέω metreō “to measure” 3
• σπόγγος spongos “sponge” 2
• ὄξος oxos “vinegar” 2
• ἐμπτύω emptuō “to spit on/at” 2
• κεφαλή kephalē “head” 3
• περιτίθημι peritithēmi “to put on” 2
• τύπτω tuptō “to strike” 2
• σαλεύω saleuō “to shake” 2
• ποτίζω potizō “to water” 2
• τρέχω trechō “to run” 2
• θεάομαι theaomai “to look at” 2
• ἄνεμος anemos “wind” 2

Key verses

The verses using kalamos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 11:7 — And 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 12:20 — A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
• Matthew 27:29 — And 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,…
• Matthew 27:30 — And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
• Matthew 27:48 — And 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 15:19 — And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
• Mark 15:36 — And 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…
• Luke 7:24 — And 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…
• 3 John 1:13 — I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
• Revelation 11:1 — And 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 21:15 — And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
• Revelation 21:16 — And 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.