Strong's Lexicon
G2830 — κλύδων
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2830 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κλύδων |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from kluzo "to billow or dash over" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | kludon |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kloo'-down |
| Meaning: | 1. a surge of the sea {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | raging, wave |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κλύδων, κλύδωνος, ὁ (κλύζω, to wash against); from Homer down; a dashing or surging wave, a surge, a violent agitation of the sea: τοῦ ὕδατος, Luk 8:24; τῆς θαλάσσης, Jas 1:6 (Jon 1:4; Jon 1:12; Wis 14:5). [SYNONYMS: κλύδων, κῦμα: κῦμα a wave, suggesting uninterrupted succession; κλύδων a billow, surge, suggesting size and extension. So too in the figurative application of the words. Schmidt, chapter 56.]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κλύδων (raging)
Luke 8:24
- KJV: And they came to him and awoke him saying Master master we perish Then he arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water and they ceased and there was a calm
- GK: προσελθόντες δε διήγειραν αυτόν λέγοντες επιστάτα επιστάτα απολλύμεθα ο δε εγερθείς επετίμησε τω ανέμω και τω κλύδωνι του ύδατος και επαύσαντο και εγένετο γαλήνη
James 1:6
- KJV: But let him ask in faith nothing wavering For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed
- GK: αιτείτω δε εν πίστει μηδέν διακρινόμενος ο γαρ διακρινόμενος έοικε κλύδωνι θαλάσσης ανεμιζομένω και ριπιζομένω
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