κατακλυσμός
kataklysmos · flood
Greek word · Strong’s number G2627 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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kataklysmos (κατακλυσμός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “flood”.
Deluge; the flood in the days of Noah.
How to say it
ka·ta·klys·mos
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
- The great flood that covered the earth in Noah's time.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Matthew 24:38
For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah went into the ark,
- Matthew 24:39
and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be also the coming of the Son of Man.
- Luke 17:27
they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day on which Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
- 2 Peter 2:5
and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;