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Strong's G2563 · Greek

κάλαμος

kalamos · kal'-am-os

or uncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κάλαμος (G2563)

12 κάλαμος , -ου, ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for קָנֶה , Is 42:3 , Ez 40:3 ff., al.;] a reed : Mt 11:7 12:20 (LXX) , Lk 7:24 ; hence, acc. to its various uses, a reed-pipe , flute ; a reed-staff , staff (cf. IV Ki 18:21 , ῥάβδος καλαμίνη ): Mt 27:29 , 30 , 48 , Mk 15:19 , 36 ; a measuring reed or rod ( Ez 40:3 ff.): Re 11:1 21:15 , 16 ; a writing reed , a pen : III Jo 13 (cf. Milligan, NTD , 9, 7).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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