καπνός kapnos

Greek word for “smoke” · Strong’s G2586 · used 13 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

καπνός, -οῦ, ὁ; smoke: 9:2-3, 17-18 14:11 15:8 18:9, 18 19:3; ἀτμὶς καπνοῦ, (LXX).†;

How it is translated

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

• smoke 13

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 9 (4), Revelation 18 (2), Acts 2 (1), Revelation 8 (1), Revelation 14 (1), Revelation 15 (1), Revelation 19 (1)

Forms

• καπνὸς 6
• καπνοῦ 5
• καπνὸν 2

Words used with it

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

• ἀναβαίνω anabainō “to ascend” 4
• πύρωσις purōsis “burning” 2
• πῦρ pur “fire” 3
• θεῖον theion “sulfur” 2
• πληγή plēgē “plague/blow/wound” 2
• ἐκπορεύω ekporeuō “to depart” 2
• γῆ gē “earth” 3
• στόμα stoma “mouth” 2
• αἰών aiōn “an age” 2
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 3
• βλέπω blepō “to see” 2
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 2

Key verses

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

• Acts 2:19 — And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
• Revelation 8:4 — And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.
• Revelation 9:2 — And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of…
• Revelation 9:3 — And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
• Revelation 9:17 — And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses…
• Revelation 9:18 — By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
• Revelation 14:11 — And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever…
• Revelation 15:8 — And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the…
• Revelation 18:9 — And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke…
• Revelation 18:18 — And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
• Revelation 19:3 — And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

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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.