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Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

κάλαμος

Lemmaκάλαμος
Citation formκάλαμος, οῦ, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa reed, reed-pen
Strong’sG2563
Transliterationkálamos
Definitiona reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen
KJV glosses:--pen, reed.
Derivationof uncertain affinity
SBLGNT occurrences12

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
κάλαμον
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Matthew 11:7
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Matthew 12:20
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Matthew 27:29
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Matthew 27:30
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Luke 7:24
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Revelation 21:15
κάλαμος
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)Revelation 11:1
καλάμου
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-)3 John 1:13
καλάμῳ
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-)Matthew 27:48
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-)Mark 15:19
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-)Mark 15:36
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-)Revelation 21:16

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: καλαμος.