κάλαμος, καλάμου, ὁ, from Pindar down, Latincalamus, i. e. a. a reed: Mat_11:7; Mat_12:20 (from Isa_42:3); Luk_7:24. b. a staff made of a reed, a reed-staff (as in 2Ki_18:21): Matthew 27:29 f, 48 ; Mar_15:19; Mar_15:36. c. a measuring reed or rod: Rev_11:1; Rev_21:15 f (Eze_40:3-6; Eze_42:16-19). d. a writer's reed, a pen: 3Jn_1:13; (see Gardthausen, Griech. Palaeogr., p. 71f).

κάλαμος kalamos 12x a reed, cane, Mat_11:7 ; Mat_12:20 ; Luk_7:24 ; a reed in its various appliances, as, a wand, a staff, Mat_27:29-30 ; Mat_27:48 ; Mar_15:19 ; Mar_15:36 ; a measuring-rod, Rev_11:1 ; Rev_21:15 f.; a writer s reed, 3Jn_1:13 * reed.

κάλαμος , -ου , ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for H7070 , Isa_42:3 , Eze_40:3 ff ., al. ;] a reed: Mat_11:7 ; Mat_12:20 ( LXX ) Luk_7:24 ; hence, acc, to its various uses, (a) a reed-pipe, flute; (b) a reed-staff, staff ( cf. 2Ki_18:21 , ῥάβδος καλαμίνη ): Mat_27:29-30 ; Mat_27:48 , Mar_15:19 ; Mar_15:36 ; (c) a measuring reed or rod (Ez, l.c .): Rev_11:1 ; Rev_21:15-16 ; (d) a writing reed, a pen: 3Jn_1:13 ( cf. Milligan , NTD , 9, 7).†

κάλαμος [page 318] P Tebt II. 375 .30 (A.D. 140) παραδώσω πάσας τὰς ἀρούρας καθαρὰ ( l. ὰς ) ἀπὸ θρύου καλάμου δί [σ ]ης πάσης , I will deliver up the arourae free from rushes, reeds, and dirt of all sorts (Edd.) : and so P Fay 345 (A.D. 139 40), P Amh II. 90 .22 (A.D. 159), 91 .23 (A.D. 159). In place of ἄχυρον , κάλαμος is used for heating purposes according to P Giss I. 40 ii. 12 (A.D. 212) κάλαμον πρ [ὸ ]ς τὸ ὑποκαίειν τὰ βαλα [νεῖ ]α καταφέρουσι . From the close connexion between the cultivation of κάλαμος and vine-growing, to which the papyri witness, GH in their note on P Oxy IV. 729 .3 (A.D. 137) have shown the probability that a crop of reeds was planted between or under the vines. The collective use of κάλαμος in the above citations and in P Oxy IV. 742 .2 (B.C. 2) παράλαβε παρὰ Πόθου τὸν κάλαμ [ο ]ν πανα [ρ ]ιθμῶι καὶ ἀπόστειλόν μ [ο ]ι πόσας δέσμας παρείληφες , take over from Pothus the reeds all together, and send me word how many bundles you have received (Edd.), points to a similar sense in Mat_11:7 . The reference is to the very ordinary sight of cane grass shaken by wind, and there is no contrast intended between the moral strength of the Baptist and the weak pliability of the reed (McNeile ad l. ). With Ezekiel s reed of six cubits i.e. about 9 feet (see Davidson ad Eze_40:5 ), which underlies the imagery of Rev_11:1 , we may compare the κάλαμος of similar length in P Ryl II. 64 .2 (iv/v A.D.) : see the editors note and cf. Archiv iii. p. 440. In a list of articles sent by one woman to another, P Tebt II. 413 .11 (ii/iii A.D.), ε̄ καλάμ [ους ] στημίων , five reeds of thread, are included, and with 3Jn_1:13 cf. P Grenf II. 38 .7 (B.C. 81) κα ]λάμων γραφικῶν δεκάπεντε . We may note the contrast between the καλάμο (υ ) Ἑλλη (νικοῦ ) of P Lond 195( b ) .11 (A.D. 14 37) (=11. p. 128) and ib. 191 .11 (A.D. 103 117) (= II. p. 265) καλάμου Ἰνδικοῦ : see Archiv i. p. 150. A new subst. καλαμουργία is found in P Lond 163 .24 (A.D. 88) (= II. p. 183), and for the corresponding verb see PSI IV. 317 .8 (A.D. 95) ἐὰν μ [έ ]λλῃς καλαμουργεῖν , γρά [ψ ]ον μοι .

κάλαμος κ^άλα^μος, ὁ, "a reed", larger than the δόναξ, Lat. arundo, being used for thatching houses or even for making the walls, Hdt. ; for making mats or crates, id=Hdt. , Thuc. "anything made of reed or cane": "a reed-pipe, flute", Pind. , Eur. "a fishing-rod", Theocr. "an arrow", Hor. collectively, of plants, which are neither bush (ὕλη), nor tree (δένδρον), Xen. "a mat of reeds", Plat. = καλάμη, "the stalk" of wheat, Xen.

κάλαμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for קָנֶה, Isa.42:3, Eze.40:3 ff., al. ;] a reed: Mat.11:7 12:20" (LXX) Luk.7:24; hence, accusative, to its various uses, __(a) a reed-pipe, flute; __(b) a reed-staff, staff (cf. 4Ki.18:21, ῥάβδος καλαμίνη): Mat.27:29-30, 48, Mrk.15:19, 36; __(with) a measuring reed or rod (Ez, l.with): Rev.11:1 21:15-16; __(d) a writing reed, a pen: III Jn 13 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 9, 7).† (AS)