noun · masculine
kapnos
Strong’sG2586
smoke
stem kapn-13 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Smoke 1234 — the visible vapor or fumes produced by fire or burning. The word appears in the New Testament in this sense, including in the phrase "vapor of smoke" 1. Its origin is of uncertain derivation 2.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G2586 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkap-nos'
smoke
Fromof uncertain affinity;
King Jamessmoke.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
smoke, Refs 8th c.BC+; spray, καπνοῦ καὶ κύματος ἐκτὸς ἔεργε νῆα Refs 8th c.BC+, of things worth nothing, Refs 5th c.BC+ learned trifles, Refs 5th c.BC+; nickname of a man, Refs to throw water on the smoking embers, Refs 5th c.BC+ 'out of the frying-pan into the fire', Refs 2nd c.AD+
II fumitory, Fumaria officinalis, Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kapnos6×καπνὸς | kapnois |
| object accusative | kapnon2×καπνὸν | kapnoin |
| direct address vocative | kapnor | kapnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kapnou5×καπνοῦ | kapnoiu |
| to, for dative | kapno | kapnoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kapno is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
13 occurrences, every one of them listed
kapnos“smoke”subjectnominative singular6×
Revelation 8:4kai anabainata tos kapnos teiu thumiameiu tai proseuchai toiu hagioiu …And the smoke of the incense, together with the …
Revelation 9:2… tem freatem tau abussau, kai anabainata kapnos ek teu freateu hōs kapnos kaminosau …… rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the …
Revelation 9:2… anabainata kapnos ek teu freateu hōs kapnos kaminosau megau, kai skotita tos hēlios …… the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the …
Revelation 9:17… teiu stomeiu autoiu ekporeuotō purem kai kapnos kai theiem.… out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
Revelation 14:11kai tos kapnos tou basanismou autoiu eis aiōnoin aiōnoiu …And the smoke of their torment rises forever and …
Revelation 19:3kai deuterem legalē; Hallēlouia; kai tos kapnos autau anabainatō eis toin aiōnoin toiu …… time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
kapnon“smoke”objectaccusative singular2×
Revelation 18:9… porneuarantois kai strēniarantois, hotan blepaleiō ton kapnon tau purōsiau autau,… wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes …
Revelation 18:18kai krazala bleparōntois ton kapnon tau purōsiau autau legarōntois; Tinas homoias …… out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes …
kapnou“smoke”of, belonging togenitive singular5×
Acts 2:19… katō, haimem kai purem kai atmidan kapnou;… blood and fire and billows of smoke.
Revelation 9:2… hēlios kai tos aeros ek tou kapnou teu freateu.… the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
Revelation 9:3kai ek tou kapnou exerchala akridais eis tan gēan, kai …And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and …
Revelation 9:18… anthrōpoiu, ek teu pureu kai tou kapnou kai teu theieu teu ekporeuorōnteu ek …… by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their …
Revelation 15:8kai gemizita tos naos kapnou ek tau doxau tou theou kai …And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and …