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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2949 - κῦμα

Transliteration

kŷma

Phonetics

koo'-mah

Origin

from kuo (to swell [with young], i.e bend, curve)

Parts of Speech

Noun Neuter

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

a wave (swell) esp. of the sea or of a lake
1. of impulse and restless men, tossed to and fro by their raging passions

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 663 ‑ אֲפִיק (af‑ake', af‑eek'); 841 ‑ אֲשַׂרְאֵלָה (as‑ar‑ale'‑aw); 1530 ‑ גַּל (gal); 4310 ‑ מִי (me);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (5)

Matthew

Mark

Acts

Jude

NAS (4)

Matthew

Mark

Jude

HCS (5)

Matthew

Mark

Acts

Jude

BSB (5)

Matthew

Mark

Acts

Jude

ESV (3)

Matthew

Mark

WEB (5)

Matthew

Mark

Acts

Jude

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κῦμα, ατος, τό, (κύω)

1. anything swollen (as if pregnant): hence, I wave, billow, of rivers as well as the sea, in sg. and pl.; κ. θαλάσσης Il. 2.209, al.; κ. ῥόοιο 21.263; κ. διϊπετέος ποταμοῖο ib. 268, 326; κύματ' ἐπ' ἠϊόνος κλύζεσκον 23.61; κύματ' εὐρέϊ πόντῳ βάντ' ἐπιόντα τε S. Tr. 114 (lyr.): less freq. in Prose, κύματος ἐπαναχώρησις Th. 3.89: collectively, ὡς τὸ κ. ἔστρωτο when the swell abated, Hdt. 7.193, cf. Arist. Mete. 344b35, al.

2. metaph., flood of men, κ. χερσαῖον στρατοῦ A. Th. 64, cf. 114 (lyr.), 1083 (anap.). of the waves of adversity, etc., κ. ἄτης, κακῶν, Id. Pr. 886 (anap.), Th. 758 (lyr.), E. Ion 927; συμφορᾶς Id. Hipp. 824; κελαινοῦ κ. μένος, of passion, A. Eu. 832; κ. κατακλυσμὸν φέρον νόσων Pl. Lg. 740e. phrases: μάτην με κῦμ' ὅπως παρηγορῶν A. Pr. 1001; πρὸς κῦμα λακτίζειν E. IT 1396; ἐκ κυμάτων.. γαλήν' ὁρῶ Id. Or. 279; ἐπ' ῃόνι κύματα μετρεῖν Theoc. 16.60; ἀριθμεῖν τὰ κύματα Luc. Herm. 84.

3. Archit., waved moulding, cyma, Λέσβιον κ. A. Fr. 78.

1. from κύω (as κύημα from κυέω), foetus, embryo, νεόσπορον Id. Eu. 659; γέμουσαν κύματος θεοσπόρου E. Fr. 106; of the earth, κ. λαμβάνειν A. Ch. 128; δισσὸν κῦμ' ἐλόχευσε τέκνων AP 6.200 (Leon.).

2. young sprout of plants, Thphr. HP 1.6.9; esp. of a cabbage, Gal. 6.642.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κῦμα , -τος , τό

(< κύω , to be pregnant, to swell),

[in LXX chiefly for H1530;]

a wave: pl., Matthew 8:24; Matthew 14:24, Mark 4:37; κ . θαλάσσης , fig., Judges 1:13.†

SYN.: κλύδων G2830, q.v.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Lond 46.265 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 73) ὑπὸ τῶν τῆς θαλάσσης κυμάτων : cf. ib. .24 (= I. p. 66) κυματούμ (ενον), ";rolled like a wave"; (Ed.).

List of Word Forms

κύμα κυμαίνουσα κυμαινούσης κυμαίνουσιν κύμασιν κυματα κύματα κύματά κυμάτια κυμάτιον κυματων κυμάτων κυμβαλίζοντες kumata kumaton kumatōn kymata kýmata kymaton kymatōn kymáton kymátōn

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