ΚΆΛΑΜΟΣ

ΚΆΛΑΜΟΣ: κάλαμος, -ου, ὁ, [ [in LXX chiefly for קָנֶה, Is 42:3, Ez 40:3 ff., al.;] ] a reed: Mt 11:7 12:20(LXX), Lk 7:24; hence, acc. to its various uses, (a) . a reed-pipe, flute; (b) . a reed-staff, staff (cf. IV Ki 18:21, ῥάβδος καλαμίνη): Mt 27:29, 30, 48, Mk 15:19, 36; (c) . a measuring reed or rod (Ez 40:3 ff.): Re 11:1 21:15, 16; (d) . a writing reed, a pen: III Jo 13 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 9, 7).†