Strong's #2563: kalamos (pronounced kal'-am-os)

or uncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen:--pen, reed.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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kalamos

1) a reed

2) a staff made of a reed, a reed staff

3) a measuring reed or rod

4) a writer' s reed, a pen

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: or uncertain affinity

Usage:

This word is used 12 times:

 

Matthew 11:7: "the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?"
Matthew 12:20: "A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not"
Matthew 27:29: "his head, and a reed in his right hand: and"
Matthew 27:30: "him, and took the reed, and smote him on"
Matthew 27:48: "it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink."
Mark 15:19: "him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and"
Mark 15:36: "filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink,"
Luke 7:24: "the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?"
3 John 1:13: "with ink and pen write unto thee:"
Revelation 11:1: "And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the"
Revelation 21:15: "me had a golden reed to measure the city,"
Revelation 21:16: "he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand"