Strong's Greek · G2949

κῦμα

kŷma

wave

Definition

a billow (as bursting or toppling)

Derivation

from (to swell (with young), i.e. bend, curve);

Appears 5 times in Scripture

Matthew 8:24

Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping.

Acts 27:41

But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

Matthew 14:24

but the boat was already far from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

Mark 4:37

Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.

Jude 1:13

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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