reed/stick/pen

Greek Noun Male

κάλαμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for קָנֶה, Isa.42:3, Eze.40:3 ff, al;] a reed: Mat.11:7 12:20 " (LXX) Luk.7:24; hence, accusative, to its various uses, (a) a reed-pipe, flute; (b) a reed-staff, staff (cf. 4Ki.18:21, ῥάβδος καλαμίνη): Mat.27:29-30, 48, Mrk.15:19, 36; (with) a measuring reed or rod (Ez, l.with): Rev.11:1 21:15-16; (d) a writing reed, a pen: III Jn 13 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 9, 7). (AS)

reed/stick/pen

Greek Noun Male

κάλᾰμος [κᾰ], ὁ, reed, used for thatching or wattling, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; various species, κ. εὐώδης, ἀρωματικός, sweet flag, Acorus Calamus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. αὐλητικός pole-reed, Arundo Donax, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. εἰλετίας marram, Ammophila arundinacea, [Refs]; κ. ἐπίγειος bush-grass, Calamagrostis epigeios, [Refs]; κ. Ἰνδικός bamboo, Bambusa arundinacea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. Ἰνδικὸς ὁ ἄρρην male bamboo, Dendrocalamus strictus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. κύπριος, ={δόναξ}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κ. πλόκιμος spear-grass, Phragmites communis, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. Χαρακίας, Arundo Donax, [Refs] II) applied to various uses, II.1) reed-pipe, flute, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) fishing-rod, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) limed twig used by fowlers, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.4) shaft of an arrow, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; made of κ. τοξικός, or Κρητικός, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.5) reed-pen, [LXX+NT+1st c.BC+]; κ. γραφεῖς [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.6) measuring-rod, [NT+2nd c.AD+]; = 5 πήχεις, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] “*Geometry texts” 4.11; = 6 2/3 πήχεις, [Refs] II.7) in Medicine texts, tube for insufflation, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also, splint, [Refs 6th c.AD+]in Hp.Fract.[Refs] II.8) ornament of female dress, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II.9) stake to which vines were tied, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III) collectively, III.1) reed, i.e. reeds, [Refs 4th c.BC+], etc: in plural, reed-beds, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] III.2) of plants, which are neither shrub nor bush (ὕλη), nor tree (δένδρον), [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.3) mat of reeds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; roof of reeds [Refs 5th c.AD+] IV) ={καλάμη}, stalk of wheat, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) ὁ κ. τοῦ σκέλους the shinbone, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] VI) ticket for obtaining corn-rations, = tessera frumentaria, [Refs] (Cf. Latin culmus, OHG. halm, etc.)

Greek

Noun Masculine

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