from kuo, "to be pregnant, to swell," is used (a) literally in the plural, Matthew 8:24; 14:24; Mark 4:37 ( Acts 27:41 , in some mss.); (b) figuratively, Jude 1:13 .
denotes "a tossing," especially the rolling swell of the sea, Luke 21:25 , AV, "waves" (RV, "billows").
"a billow," is translated "wave" in James 1:6 , AV (RV, "surge"); in Luke 8:24 it is translated "raging (of the water)." See RAGE , B.