ΚΑΛΑΜΩ, καλαμω
KALAMŌ, kalamō
Sounds Like: ka-la-MOH
Translations: (to) a reed, (to) a stalk, (to) a cane, (to) a measuring rod, (to) a pen
From the root: ΚΑΛΑΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the dative singular form of the noun 'ΚΑΛΑΜΟΣ' (kalamos), meaning 'reed', 'stalk', 'cane', 'measuring rod', or 'pen'. It indicates the indirect object of an action, signifying 'to' or 'for' a reed/stalk/etc. For example, it could be used in a phrase like 'he wrote with a reed' (where 'with a reed' implies 'to/for a reed' in the Greek dative case). It can refer to a plant, a tool for measurement, or an instrument for writing.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2563 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 1:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΛΑΜΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΛΑΜΕΝΟΣ — of reed, made of reed, reedy
- ΚΑΛΑΜΗΣ — of a reed, of a stalk, of straw
- ΚΑΛΑΜΙΝΗ — reedy, made of reed, of reed
- ΚΑΛΑΜΙΣΚΟΣ — small reed, a pen, a writing reed
- ΚΑΛΑΜΟ — reed, a reed, stalk, a stalk, pen, a pen, writing reed, a writing reed
- ΚΑΛΑΜΟΝ — reed, a reed, stalk, a stalk, pen, a pen, measuring rod, a measuring rod
- ΚΑΛΑΜΟΣ — reed, a reed, pen, a pen, measuring rod, a measuring rod, stalk, a stalk
- ΚΑΛΑΜΟΥ — of a reed, of a stalk, of a pen, of a measuring rod, of a cane
- ΚΑΛΑΜΟΥΣ — reeds, pens, stalks, measuring rods
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