Strong's #2949: kuma (pronounced koo'-mah)

from kuo (to swell (with young), i.e. bend, curve); a billow (as bursting or toppling):--wave.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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kuma

1) a wave (swell) especially of the sea or of a lake

1a) of impulse and restless men, tossed to and fro by their raging passions

Part of Speech: noun neuter

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

Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

 

Matthew 8:24: "was covered with the waves: but he was asleep."
Matthew 14:24: "sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was"
Mark 4:37: "of wind, and the waves beat into the ship,"
Acts 27:41: "was broken with the violence of the waves."
Jude 1:13: "Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars,"