2627. kataklusmos

Lexicon

kataklusmos: Flood, deluge

Original Word: κατακλυσμός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: kataklusmos
Pronunciation: kat-ak-loos-MOS
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ak-looce-mos')
Definition: Flood, deluge
Meaning: a deluge, flood.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

flood.

From katakluzo; an inundation -- flood.

see GREEK katakluzo

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from katakluzó
Definition
a flood
NASB Translation
flood (4).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2627: κατακλυσμός

κατακλυσμός, κατακλυσμοῦ, ὁ (κατακλύζω), inundation, deluge: of Noah's deluge, Matthew 24:38; Luke 17:27; 2 Peter 2:5. (the Sept. for מַבּוּל); Plato, Diodorus, Philo, Josephus, Plutarch.)

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb κατακλύζω (kataklyzō), meaning "to inundate" or "to flood."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek κατακλυσμός corresponds to the Hebrew term מַבּוּל (mabbul), Strong's Hebrew Number 3999, which is used in the Old Testament to describe the floodwaters in the Genesis account of Noah's flood. This Hebrew term is found in Genesis 6-9, where it describes the deluge that covered the earth as a result of God's judgment on human wickedness.

Usage: The term κατακλυσμός is used in the New Testament to describe the great flood during the time of Noah, as recorded in the book of Genesis. It is a term that conveys the idea of a catastrophic and divine judgment through water.

Context: The Greek term κατακλυσμός appears in the New Testament in the context of the narrative of Noah's flood, which is a pivotal event in biblical history. This term is used to emphasize the magnitude and severity of the flood as an act of divine judgment upon a sinful world. In the Berean Standard Bible, κατακλυσμός is found in the following passages:

• Matthew 24:38-39 (BSB): "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. 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 (BSB): "People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all."

• 2 Peter 2:5 (BSB): "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."

In these passages, κατακλυσμός serves as a historical and eschatological warning, illustrating the suddenness and totality of divine judgment. The flood narrative underscores themes of righteousness, divine patience, and the ultimate accountability of humanity before God.

Forms and Transliterations

κατακλυσμον κατακλυσμόν κατακλυσμὸν κατακλυσμος κατακλυσμός κατακλυσμὸς κατακλυσμου κατακλυσμού κατακλυσμοῦ κατακλυσμώ kataklusmon kataklusmos kataklusmou kataklysmon kataklysmòn kataklysmos kataklysmòs kataklysmou kataklysmoû

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 24:38 N-GMS
GRK: πρὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ τρώγοντες καὶ
NAS: before the flood they were eating
KJV: before the flood they were eating
INT: before the flood eating and

Matthew 24:39 N-NMS
GRK: ἦλθεν ὁ κατακλυσμὸς καὶ ἦρεν
NAS: until the flood came
KJV: not until the flood came, and
INT: came the flood and took away

Luke 17:27 N-NMS
GRK: ἦλθεν ὁ κατακλυσμὸς καὶ ἀπώλεσεν
NAS: the ark, and the flood came
KJV: the ark, and the flood came, and
INT: came the flood and destroyed

2 Peter 2:5 N-AMS
GRK: κήρυκα ἐφύλαξεν κατακλυσμὸν κόσμῳ ἀσεβῶν
NAS: when He brought a flood upon the world
KJV: bringing in the flood upon the world
INT: a herald preserved [the] flood upon [the] world of [the] ungodly

Strong's Greek 2627
4 Occurrences

κατακλυσμὸν — 1 Occ.
κατακλυσμὸς — 2 Occ.
κατακλυσμοῦ — 1 Occ.