κατακλυσμός

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κατακλυσμός, ου, ὁ

Greek transliteration

kataklysmos

Simplified transliteration

kataklysmos

Strong's number

2627

GK Number

2886

Frequency in New Testament

Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

n-2a

Gloss

flood, deluge

Definition

flood, deluge, Mt. 24:38, 39; Lk. 17:27; 2 Pet. 2:5*

Matthew 24:38	For as in the days before the flood (kataklysmou \| κατακλυσμοῦ \| gen sg masc) people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark,
Matthew 24:39	and they knew nothing until the flood (kataklysmos \| κατακλυσμός \| nom sg masc) came and took them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Luke 17:27	They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day in which Noah went into the ark and the flood (kataklysmos \| κατακλυσμός \| nom sg masc) came and destroyed them all.
2 Peter 2:5	and if he did not spare the ancient world (but preserved Noah, the eighth, a herald of righteousness) when he brought the deluge (kataklysmon \| κατακλυσμόν \| acc sg masc) on an ungodly world;

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