What does γαλήνη (galḗnē) mean in the Bible?
γαλήνη (galḗnē): Literal calm of sea or weather; metaphorically denotes inner peace or divine tranquility
Greek · G1055
γαλήνη
Tranquillity
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γαλήνη G1055
Pronunciation galḗnē
What does γαλήνη (galḗnē) mean in the Bible?
γαλήνη (galḗnē): Literal calm of sea or weather; metaphorically denotes inner peace or divine tranquility
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1055?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include calm (3).
Where does γαλήνη (galḗnē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It calm 3× Matthew 8:26, Mark 4:39, Luke 8:24
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 8:26
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1
Source forms
γαλήνη 3x galēnē Matthew 8:26, Mark 4:39, Luke 8:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 3x Matthew 8:26, Mark 4:39, Luke 8:24
Evidence Summary
Messiah
Greek word. Literal calm of sea or weather; metaphorically denotes inner peace or divine tranquility
Strong's G1055
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 8:22–25 Source Gloss
tranquillity
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:26 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
γαλήνη galhnh
a calm
Read verse Mark 4:39 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
γαλήνη galhnh
a calm
Read verse Luke 8:24 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
γαλήνη. galhnh
a calm
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:26 · Mark 4:39 · Luke 8:24 3×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
calm
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
γαλήνη is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Why This Word Matters
Represents the result of Christ’s sovereign authority. Luke 8:22–25
Canonical Themes
Messiah
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain