Word Study · Strong's G2627 · Greek
κατακλυσμός
kataklysmos
kat-ak-looce-mos'
Strong's 1890 spelling: kataklysmós
“an inundation”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an inundation
Rendered in the KJV as
flood.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- κατακλυσμὸς2
- κατακλυσμὸν1
- κατακλυσμοῦ,1
How it is rendered · 3
- flood2
- [the] flood upon1
- flood,1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSM · 2
- N-ASM · 1
- N-GSM · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Matthew carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 24:38κατακλυσμοῦ,kataklusmounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularFor in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.here: flood,
- Matthew 24:39κατακλυσμὸςkataklusmosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularAnd they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.here: flood