noun · masculine
kataklusmos
Greekκατακλυσμός (kataklusmos)
Strong’sG2627
a deluge, flood
stem kataklusm-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κατα-κλυσμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< κατακλύζω), [in LXX chiefly for מַבּוּל, Ge 6:17, al.; also for שֶׁטֶף, Ps 31 (32):6, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2627 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkat-ak-looce-mos'
an inundation
Fromfrom G2626;
King Jamesflood.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kataklusmos2×κατακλυσμὸς | kataklusmois |
| object accusative | kataklusmon1×κατακλυσμὸν | kataklusmoin |
| direct address vocative | kataklusmor | kataklusmoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kataklusmou1×κατακλυσμοῦ | kataklusmoiu |
| to, for dative | kataklusmo | kataklusmoi |
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
kataklusmo 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
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
kataklusmos“flood”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 24:39“flood”kai ouk gnōskala heōs erchata tos kataklusmos kai airata hapantoin, houtōs eti kai tas parousias tou huiou tou anthrōpou.And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Luke 17:27“flood”esthiale, pinale, gamale, gamizile, achri hau hēmerau eiserchata Nōe eis tan kibōtan, kai erchata tos kataklusmos kai apolluata pantoin.People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
kataklusmon“flood”objectaccusative singular1×
2 Peter 2:5“flood”kai archaiou kosmou ouk feideta, alla ogdoon Nōe dikaiosunau kēruxon fulassata, kataklusmon kosmo aseboiu epagaratos,if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
kataklusmou“flood”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Matthew 24:38“flood”hōs gar ale en tai hēmerai tai pro tou kataklusmou trōgarōtois kai pinarōtois, gamarōtois kai gamizarōtois, achri hau hēmerau eiserchata Nōe eis tan kibōtan,For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.