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Koine Greek wordlink #20818

SR GNT Mat 27:48 καλάμῳ (kalamōi) ‘with wine_vinegar and having put_around it around a reed was giving_to_drink him’ Strongs=25630 Lemma=kalamos
Word role=noun case=dative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Other uses (3) of identical word form καλάμῳ (N-DMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘καλάμῳ’ (N-DMS) has 3 different glosses: ‘around a reed’, ‘with a staff’, ‘reed’.

Mark 15:19 ‘of him the head with a staff and they were spitting on him’ SR GNT Mark 15:19 word 10

OET-LV: 19 And they _were _striking the head of _him with_a_staff and they _were _spitting on _him, and kneeling the knees, they _were _prostrating before _him. (MRK_15:19)

OET-RV: 19 They took turns whacking his head with a stick and spitting on him, while others knelt down in front of him and pretended to be bowing to him. (MRK 15:19)

Mark 15:36 ‘a sponge with wine_vinegar having put_around around a reed was giving_to_drink him saying’ SR GNT Mark 15:36 word 14

OET-LV: 36 And someone having _run, and having _filled a_sponge with _wine _vinegar having _put _around around_a_reed, was _giving_ him _to _drink saying: Leave it, we _may _see if Aʸlias is _coming to _take_ him _down. (MRK_15:36)

OET-RV: 36 One of them ran, and soaked a sponge in some sour wine, then put it on a stick and held it up for Yeshua to drink, saying, “Hang on. Let’s see if Eliyah does come to get him down.” (MRK 15:36)

Rev 21:16 ‘the city with the reed at stadion_measures twelve’ SR GNT Rev 21:16 word 22

OET-LV: 16 And the city four _cornered is _lying, and the length of _it as _much _as the breadth. And he _measured the city with _the reed at twelve stadiums thousands, the length, and the breadth, and the height of _it, equal is. (REV_21:16)

OET-RV: 16 The city was laid out square with the length equalling the width. Using the rod, the messenger measured the city at 2.2km on each edge, with the length, width, and height all being equal. (REV 21:16)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kalamos’ have 7 different glosses: ‘a reed’, ‘a rod’, ‘a staff’, ‘around a reed’, ‘with a staff’, ‘pen’, ‘reed’.

Greek words (5) other than καλάμῳ (N-DMS) with a gloss related to ‘reed’

MAT 11:7 Κάλαμον (Kalamon) N-AMS ‘the wilderness to see a reed by wind being shaken’ SR GNT Mat 11:7 word 19

OET-LV: 7 And these going, the Yaʸsous began to _be _saying to _the crowds concerning Yōannaʸs, you _all _came _out into the wilderness to _see What? A_reed being _shaken by wind? (MAT_11:7)

OET-RV: 7 As Yohan’s apprentices left, Yeshua started talking to the crowd about Yohan: “What was it that you all went out to the wilderness to see? A reed being blown around by the wind?” (MAT 11:7)

MAT 12:20 κάλαμον (kalamon) N-AMS ‘a reed having_been bruised by_no_means he will_be breaking’ SR GNT Mat 12:20 word 1

OET-LV: 20 By _no _means he _will _be _breaking a_reed having _been _bruised, and by _no _means he _will _be _extinguishing a_wick being _smouldering, until wishfully he _may _send _forth the justice to victory. (MAT_12:20)

OET-RV: 20 He won’t break off a bruised reed
⇔ and certainly won’t extinguish a smoldering wick
⇔ before he sends justice forward into victory. (MAT 12:20)

MAT 27:30 κάλαμον (kalamon) N-AMS ‘him they took the reed and they were striking him on’ SR GNT Mat 27:30 word 7

OET-LV: 30 And having _spat on him, they _took the reed and they _were _striking him on the head of _him. (MAT_27:30)

OET-RV: 30 They spat on him then snatched the reed away and used it to whack him on the head. (MAT 27:30)

LUKE 7:24 Κάλαμον (Kalamon) N-AMS ‘the wilderness to see a reed by the wind being shaken’ SR GNT Luke 7:24 word 27

OET-LV: 24 And the messengers of _Yōannaʸs having _gone _away, he _began to _be _saying to the crowds concerning Yōannaʸs: What you _all _came _out into the wilderness to _see? A_reed being _shaken by the_wind? (LUK_7:24)

OET-RV: 24 When Yohan’s messengers had left, Yeshua started asking the crowds about Yohan, “What did you all go out into the wilderness to see? A reed waving in the wind? (LUK 7:24)

REV 21:15 κάλαμον (kalamon) N-AMS ‘me was having a measure reed golden in_order_that he may measure’ SR GNT Rev 21:15 word 8

OET-LV: 15 And the one speaking with me was _having a_measure reed golden, in _order _that he _may _measure the city, and the gates of _it, and the wall of _it. (REV_21:15)

OET-RV: 15 The messenger speaking to me had a golden measuring rod so that he could measure the city and its gates and wall. (REV 21:15)

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular DMS=dative,masculine,singular