What does κατακλυσμός (kataklysmós) mean in the Bible?
κατακλυσμός (kataklysmós): A catastrophic flood of divine judgment, specifically Noah's deluge as typological warning of eschatological destruction.
Greek · G2627
κατακλυσμός
An inundation
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κατακλυσμόςG2627
Pronunciationkataklysmós
What does κατακλυσμός (kataklysmós) mean in the Bible?
κατακλυσμός (kataklysmós): A catastrophic flood of divine judgment, specifically Noah's deluge as typological warning of eschatological destruction.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2627?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include flood (3), [the] flood (1).
Where does κατακλυσμός (kataklysmós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 24:38. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), 2 Peter (1), Luke (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 Itflood3×Matthew 24:38, Matthew 24:39, Luke 17:27
[the] flood1×2 Peter 2:5
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 24:38
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Matthew2Luke12 Peter1
Source forms
κατακλυσμὸς2xkataklysmosMatthew 24:39, Luke 17:27
κατακλυσμὸν1xkataklysmon2 Peter 2:5
κατακλυσμοῦ1xkataklysmouMatthew 24:38
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular2xMatthew 24:39, Luke 17:27
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1x2 Peter 2:5
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular1xMatthew 24:38
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A catastrophic flood of divine judgment, specifically Noah's deluge as typological warning of eschatological destruction.
Strong'sG2627
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkMatthew 24:38-39Source Gloss
an inundation
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A catastrophic flood of divine judgment, specifically Noah's deluge as typological warning of eschatological destruction.
(κατακλύζω), [in LXX chiefly for מַבּוּל, Gen.6:17, al.; also for שֶׁטֶף, Psa.32:6, al. ;] a flood, deluge: Mat.24:38-39 Luk.17:27, 2Pe.2:5.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 24:38Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
κατακλυσμοῦkataklusmou
a deluge, flood
Read verseMatthew 24:39Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
κατακλυσμὸςkataklusmov
a deluge, flood
Read verseLuke 17:27Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
κατακλυσμός,kataklusmov
a deluge, flood
Read verse2 Peter 2:5Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κατακλυσμὸνkataklusmon
a deluge, flood
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 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternNominative (2)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineMatt 24:39 · Luke 17:272×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineMatt 24:381×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine2 Pet 2:51×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
The deluge in Noah's time as a type of sudden divine judgment
Noah's flood as historical parallel to eschatological judgment on the unprepared
The deluge as God's means of destroying the ungodly while preserving the righteous Noah
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Word Origins
κατακλυσμός is built from this root:
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