Quick Definition
κῦμα, ατος, τό n.n. a wave
Strong's Definition
a billow (as bursting or toppling)
Derivation: from (to swell (with young), i.e. bend, curve);
KJV Usage: wave
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κῦμα, -ros, τό. [fr. κυέω toswell; Curtius § 79; fr. Hom. down |, a wave [cf. Eng. swell], esp. of the sea or of a lake: Mt. viii. 24; xiv. 24; Mk. iv. 37; Acts xxvii. 41 [RG Trtxt.br.]; κύματα ἄγρια, prop., Sap. xiv. 1; with @addo~ ons added, of impulsive and restless men, tossed to and fro by their raging passions, Jude 13. [Syn. cf. κλύδων.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κῦμα kyma 5x
a wave, surge, billow, Mt. 8:24; 14:24; Mk. 4:37; Acts 27:41; Jude 13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κῦμα, -τος, τό
(< κύω, to be pregnant, to swell), [in LXX chiefly for גַּל;]
a wave: pl., Mt 8:24 14:24, Mk 4:37; κ. θαλάσσης, fig., Ju 13.†
SYN.: κλύδων, q.v.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κῦμα. P Lond 46386 (iy/a.p.) (=I. p. 73) ὑπὸ τῶν τῆς θαλάσσης κυμάτων : cf. 20. 24 (=I. p. 66) κυματούμ(ενον), ‘rolled like a wave”’ (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κῦμα (kuma) — a wave. κῦμα, ατος, τό, (κύω) anything swollen (as if pregnant): hence,
I. wave, billow, of rivers as well as the sea, in singular and plural; κ. θαλάσσης [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κύματ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόνος κλύζεσκον [Refs 5th c.BC+] when the swell abated, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. metaphorically, flood of men, κ. χερσαῖον στρατοῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.2. b of the waves of adversity, etc., κ. ἄτης, κακῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κελαινοῦ κ. μένος, of passion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. c phrases: μάτην με κῦμ᾽ ὅπως παρηγορῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3. Architecture texts, waved moulding, cyma, Λέσβιον κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. from κύω (as κύημα from κυέω), foetus, embryo, νεόσπορον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the earth, κ. λαμβάνειν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. young sprout of plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially of a cabbage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]