κατακλυσμός
kataklusmos
flood
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word kataklusmos (G2627) represents a concept essential to understanding the biblical narrative. Its short definition is "flood," suggesting a massive and overwhelming flow of water. This term is used in the semantic domain of Water & Weather, which implies its connection to natural disasters. The four occurrences of kataklusmos in the Bible give us a glimpse into its range of usage. This word is associated with the devastating event described in the early chapters of Genesis, where a global flood ravages the earth, leading to its transformation. The term is used to convey the idea of overwhelming destruction and transformation that results from a catastrophic event.
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Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,
Matthew 24:39and they didn’t know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Luke 17:27They ate, they drank, they married, and they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
2 Peter 2:5and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;