Word Summary
kyma: a wave
Original Word: κῦμαTransliteration: kyma
Phonetic Spelling: (koo'-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a wave
Meaning: a wave
Strong's Concordance
wave.
From kuo (to swell (with young), i.e. Bend, curve); a billow (as bursting or toppling) -- wave.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2949: κῦμακῦμα,
κυματος,
τό (from
κυέῶ to swell;
Curtius, § 79; from
Homer down),
a wave (cf. English
swell), especially
of the sea or of a lake:
Matthew 8:24;
Matthew 14:24;
Mark 4:37;
Acts 27:41 (
R G Tr text brackets);
κύματα ἄγρια, properly, Wis. 14:1; with
θαλάσσης added, of impulsive and restless men, tossed to and fro by their raging passions,
Jude 1:13. (Synonym: cf.
κλύδων.)