What does κῦμα (kŷma) mean in the Bible?
κῦμα (kŷma): Wave as a swelling, surging mass of water—emphasizes the dynamic motion of rising and breaking.
Greek · G2949
κῦμα
A billow (as bursting or toppling)
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κῦμα G2949
Pronunciation kŷma
What does κῦμα (kŷma) mean in the Bible?
κῦμα (kŷma): Wave as a swelling, surging mass of water—emphasizes the dynamic motion of rising and breaking.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2949?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include waves (5).
Where does κῦμα (kŷma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), Acts (1), Jude (1), Mark (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 waves 5× Matthew 8:24, Matthew 14:24, Mark 4:37, Acts 27:41
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 8:24
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Matthew 2 Mark 1 Acts 1 Jude 1
Source forms
κύματα 2x kymata Mark 4:37, Jude 1:13
κυμάτων 2x kymatōn Matthew 8:24, Matthew 14:24
κυμάτων 1x kymatōn Acts 27:41
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 3x Matthew 8:24, Matthew 14:24, Acts 27:41
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural 2x Mark 4:37, Jude 1:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Wave as a swelling, surging mass of water—emphasizes the dynamic motion of rising and breaking.
Strong's G2949
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a billow (as bursting or toppling)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Wave as a swelling, surging mass of water—emphasizes the dynamic motion of rising and breaking.
(κύω, to be pregnant, to swell) [in LXX chiefly for גַּל ;] a wave: pl., Mat.8:24 14:24, Mrk.4:37; κ. θαλάσσης, figuratively, Ju 13.
Synonymsκλύδων, q.v
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:24 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κυμάτων· kumatwn
a wave
Read verse Matthew 14:24 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κυμάτων· kumatwn
a wave
Read verse Mark 4:37 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
κύματα kumata
a wave
Read verse Acts 27:41 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κυμάτων. kumatwn
a wave
Read verse Jude 1:13 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
κύματα kumata
a wave
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 2 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 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Plural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Mark 4:37 · Jude 1:13 2×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 8:24 · Matt 14:24 2×
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