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Koine Greek wordlink #36202

SR GNT Mark 15:19 καλάμῳ (kalamōi) ‘of him the head with a staff and they were spitting on 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 15:36 ‘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)

Mat 27:48 ‘with wine_vinegar and having put_around it around a reed was giving_to_drink him’ SR GNT Mat 27:48 word 15

OET-LV: 48 And immediately one of them having _run and having _taken a_sponge, and having _filled it with _wine _vinegar and having _put _around it around_a_reed, was _giving_ him _to _drink. (MAT_27:48)

OET-RV: 48 One of them ran and got a sponge and dipped it in wine vinegar, and then wrapped it around a reed and held it up to his mouth to drink from. (MAT 27:48)

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 (7) other than καλάμῳ (N-DMS) with a gloss related to ‘staff’

MARK 6:8 ῥάβδον (ɽabdon) N-AFS Lemma=rhabdos ‘for journey except a staff only not bread’ SR GNT Mark 6:8 word 13

OET-LV: 8 And he _commanded to _them that they _may _be _taking _away nothing for journey, except only not/lest a_staff, not bread, not a_knapsack, not money in the belt, (MRK_6:8)

OET-RV: 8 He insisted that they can carry a walking stick but not to take food, a backpack, or money. (MRK 6:8)

MAT 10:10 ῥάβδον (ɽabdon) N-AFS Lemma=rhabdos ‘nor sandals nor staff worthy is for the’ SR GNT Mat 10:10 word 16

OET-LV: 10 nor knapsack for the_way, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staff, because/for the worker is worthy of _the food of _him. (MAT_10:10)

OET-RV: 10 and don’t take a backpack, or a change of clothes or footwear, or a staff, because a worker deserves to be fed. (MAT 10:10)

MAT 27:29 κάλαμον (kalamon) N-AMS ‘head of him and a staff in the right hand’ SR GNT Mat 27:29 word 16

OET-LV: 29 and having _twisted _together a_crown of thorns, they _put _on it on the head of _him, and a_staff in the right hand of _him, and having _kneeled before him, they _mocked at _him saying: Greetings, the king of _the Youdaiōns. (MAT_27:29)

OET-RV: 29 They twisted together a crown made of strips of thorns and plonked it on his head and made him hold a reed as a staff. Then they knelt down in front of him and mocked him, saying, “Greetings, your majesty, King of the Jews.” (MAT 27:29)

LUKE 9:3 ῥάβδον (ɽabdon) N-AFS Lemma=rhabdos ‘the journey neither staff nor knapsack nor’ SR GNT Luke 9:3 word 12

OET-LV: 3 And he _said to them: Be _taking_ nothing _away for the journey, neither staff, nor knapsack, nor bread, nor silver, nor to _be _having two tunics. (LUK_9:3)

OET-RV: 3 “Don’t take anything for the journey,” he told them. “Don’t take a walking stick or a backpack or food or money or spare clothes. (LUK 9:3)

HEB 9:4 ῥάβδος (ɽabdos) N-NFS Lemma=rhabdos ‘manna and the staff of Aʼarōn/(ʼAhₐron) having sprouted and’ SR GNT Heb 9:4 word 21

OET-LV: 4 the_golden having incense _altar and the box of _the covenant, having _been _covered _around on _every _side with _gold, in which jar golden having the manna, and the staff of_Aʼarōn/(ʼAhₐron) which having _sprouted, and the tablets of _the covenant. (HEB_9:4)

OET-RV: 4 having the golden incense altar and the box of the agreement which was completely gold-plated and which contained a golden jar of manna and Aaron’s staff which had sprouted and the stone tablets inscribed with the commands. (HEB 9:4)

HEB 11:21 ῥάβδου (ɽabdou) N-GFS Lemma=rhabdos ‘the extremity of the staff of him’ SR GNT Heb 11:21 word 16

OET-LV: 21 By _faith Yakōb, dying _off, each of _the sons of _Yōsaʸf/(Yōşēf) blessed, and prostrated on the extremity of _the staff of _him. (HEB_11:21)

OET-RV: 21 By faith, when Yacob was dying he gave a blessing to both of Yosef’s sons, and bowed over the top of his walking stick. (HEB 11:21)

REV 11:1 ῥάβδῳ (ɽabdōi) N-DFS Lemma=rhabdos ‘to me a rod similar to a staff saying be raising and’ SR GNT Rev 11:1 word 6

OET-LV: 11 And was _given to _me a_rod similar to_a_staff saying: Be _raising, and measure the temple of_ the _god, and the altar, and the ones prostrating in it. (REV_11:1)

OET-RV: 11 Then I was given a measuring stick and told, “Go and measure God’s temple and the altar and the people who are worshipping there, (REV 11:1)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular AMS=accusative,masculine,singular DFS=dative,feminine,singular DMS=dative,masculine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular