G2563: κάλαμος
kálamos · “reed/stick/pen”
Definition
a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen
KJV translates it as: pen, reed
Word origin: of uncertain affinity;
Extended definition
[in LXX chiefly for קָנֶה, Isa.42:3, Eze.40:3 ff., al. ;]
a reed: Mat.11:7 12:20" (LXX) Luk.7:24; hence, accusative, to its various uses,
(a) a reed-pipe, flute;
(b) a reed-staff, staff (cf. 4Ki.18:21, ῥάβδος καλαμίνη): Mat.27:29-30, 48, Mrk.15:19, 36;
(with) a measuring reed or rod (Ez, l.with): Rev.11:1 21:15-16;
(d) a writing reed, a pen: III Jn 13 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 9, 7).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2563 is translated
- a reed ×5
- reed ×3
- with a reed ×1
- on a reed ×1
- pen ×1
- a measuring rod ×1
Bible verses with G2563 (kálamos)
Kálamos appears in 12 verses.
- 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, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
- 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 down.
- 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 shaken with the wind?
- 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 breadth and the height of it are equal.