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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κατακλυσμός G2627
Pronunciation kataklysmós
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 It flood 3× Matthew 24:38, Matthew 24:39, Luke 17:27
[the] flood 1× 2 Peter 2:5
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 24:38
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Matthew 2 Luke 1 2 Peter 1
Source forms
κατακλυσμὸς 2x kataklysmos Matthew 24:39, Luke 17:27
κατακλυσμὸν 1x kataklysmon 2 Peter 2:5
κατακλυσμοῦ 1x kataklysmou Matthew 24:38
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 24:39, Luke 17:27
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x 2 Peter 2:5
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 24:38
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A catastrophic flood of divine judgment, specifically Noah's deluge as typological warning of eschatological destruction.
Strong's G2627
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 24:38-39 Source Gloss
an inundation
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 24:38 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
κατακλυσμοῦ kataklusmou
a deluge, flood
Read verse Matthew 24:39 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
κατακλυσμὸς kataklusmov
a deluge, flood
Read verse Luke 17:27 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
κατακλυσμός, kataklusmov
a deluge, flood
Read verse 2 Peter 2:5 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κατακλυσμὸν kataklusmon
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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 24:39 · Luke 17:27 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 24:38 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine 2 Pet 2:5 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
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
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κατακλυσμός is built from this root:
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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