BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G2978
lailaps — storm
λαῖλαψ, -απος, ἡ [in LXX: Job.21:18 27:20 א (סוּפָה) Job.38:1, Jer.25:32 (סַעַר), Wis.5:14, 23, Sir.48:9, 12 * ;] a hurricane, whirlwind: Mrk.4:37, Luk.8:23, 2Pe.2:17.† SYN.: θύελλα, which see, and cf. ἄνεμος (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2366
thuella — storm
θύελλα, -ης, ἡ (θύω), [in LXX Deu.4:11 5:22 (עֲרָפֶל), Exo.10:22 * ;] (poët. in cl.), a hurricane, cyclone, whirlwind: Heb.12:18.† SYN.: λαίλαψ (which see) (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5189
tuphōnikos — tempestuous
τυφωνικός, -ή, -όν (τῦφων, a hurricane, typhoon) tempestuous: Act.27:14.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6648
baktēria — a staff
a staff, cane , (Aristophanes Comicus): borne as a badge of office by the δικασταί, (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7778
kalaminos — of reed
1. made of reed , (Herdotus Historicus) 2. made of cane , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A tall sedgy plant with a hollow stem, growing in moist places. In Isa. 43:24; Jer. 6:20, the Hebrew word kaneh is thus rendered, giving its name to the plant. It is rendered “reed” in 1 Kings 14:15; Job 40:21; Isa. 19:6; 35:7. In Ps. 68:30 the expression “company of spearmen” is in the margin and the Revised Version “beasts of the reeds,” referring probably to the crocodile or the hippopotamus as a symbol of Egypt. In 2 Kings 18:21; Isa. 36:6; Ezek. 29:6, 7, the reference is to the weak, fragile nature of the reed. (See CALAMUS.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
