kapnos · smoke

What it means

kapnos (καπνός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “smoke”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The cloud that rises from what is burning.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Where it appears

• Acts×1
• Revelation×12

• Acts 2:19

  And I will give wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

• Revelation 8:4

  And the smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God.

• Revelation 9:2

  And he opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke went up from the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the shaft.

• Revelation 9:3

  And out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and authority was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have authority.

• Revelation 9:17

  And this is how I saw the horses in the vision and those who sat on them, having breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of sulfur; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths come fire and smoke and sulfur.

• Revelation 9:18

  By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and the smoke and the sulfur that came out of their mouths.

• Revelation 14:11

  And the smoke of their torment goes up to the ages of the ages, and they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”

• Revelation 15:8

  And the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter into the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

• Revelation 18:9

  And the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her burning,

• Revelation 18:18

  and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, “What city is like the great city?”

• Revelation 19:3

  And a second time they said, “Hallelujah! And her smoke goes up to the ages of the ages.”

And 2 more times.