Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
a wave
Usage: κῦμα, -τος, τό (κύω, to be pregnant, to swell) [in LXX chiefly for גַּל ;] a wave: pl., Mat.8:24 14:24, Mrk.4:37; κ. θαλάσσης, figuratively, Ju 13.† SYN.: κλύδων, q.v (AS)
Kyma means “wave” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2949 — tippuch (“span long”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2949 κύμα (kuma) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kuma (koo'-mah) n. 1. a billow (as bursting or toppling) [from kuo "to swell (with young)" (i.e. bend, curve)] It has 29 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include waves, sea, its, lord, and ship. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
kuma (koo'-mah) n. 1. a billow (as bursting or toppling) [from kuo "to swell (with young)" (i.e. bend, curve)] KJV: wave
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a wave
Usage: κῦμα, -τος, τό (κύω, to be pregnant, to swell) [in LXX chiefly for גַּל ;] a wave: pl., Mat.8:24 14:24, Mrk.4:37; κ. θαλάσσης, figuratively, Ju 13.† SYN.: κλύδων, q.v (AS)
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2949 (κύμα) appears 24 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
5 indexed usages in New Testament.
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
17 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And by the breath of thine anger the water parted asunder; The waters were congealed as a wall, The waves were congealed in the midst of the sea.
My nearest relations have not regarded me; They have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.
And thou shalt forget trouble, As a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.
7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And thus he that a little afore thought he might command the waves of the sea (so proud was he beyond the condition of men) and weigh the high mountains in a balance, was now cast on the ground, and carried in a horse litter, showing forth unto all the manifest power of God.
For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbors men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,
And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, Which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, Neither the pathway of the keel in the waves:
First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2949.
And by the breath of thine anger the water parted asunder; The waters were congealed as a wall, The waves were congealed in the midst of the sea.
My nearest relations have not regarded me; They have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.
And thou shalt forget trouble, As a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.
And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, But thy waves shall be confined within thee.
Deep calls to deep at the voice of thy cataracts: All thy billows and thy waves have gone over me.
Who troublest the depth of the sea, The sounds of its waves.
Thou rulest the power of the sea; And thou calmest the tumult of its waves.
He speaks, and the stormy wind arises, And its waves are lifted up.
And he commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, And its waves are still.
And if thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, then would thy peace have been like a river, and thy righteousness as a wave of the sea.
for I am thy God, that troubles the sea, and causes the waves thereof to roar: the Lord of hosts is my name.
will ye not be afraid of me? saith the Lord; and will ye not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, as a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yea, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but not pass over it.
The sea has come up upon Babylon with the sound of its waves, and she is covered.
Thus saith the Lord, who gives the sun for a light by day, the moon and the stars for a light by night, and makes a roaring in the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; the Lord Almighty is his name:
therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against thee, as the sea comes up with its waves.
Thou didst cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me: All thy billows and thy waves have passed upon me.
And they shall pass through a narrow sea, they shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deep places of the rivers shall be dried up: and all the pride of the Assyrians shall be taken away, and the scepter of Egypt shall be removed.
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
And thus he that a little afore thought he might command the waves of the sea (so proud was he beyond the condition of men) and weigh the high mountains in a balance, was now cast on the ground, and carried in a horse litter, showing forth unto all the manifest power of God.
For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbors men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,
And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, Which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, Neither the pathway of the keel in the waves:
Again, one preparing himself to sail, and about to pass through the raging waves, Calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carrieth him.
But thy providence, O Father, governeth it: For thou hast made a way in the sea, And a safe path in the waves;
In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth, And in every people and nation, I got a possession.
And he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him in danger that delivered him.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2949, grouped by book.
Kyma (Strong's G2949) is a Greek word most simply glossed "wave". kuma (koo'-mah) n. 1. a billow (as bursting or toppling) [from kuo "to swell (with young)" (i.e. bend, curve)]
This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's G2949 across 16 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2949 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as waves, sea, its, lord, ship, and shalt. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 17 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2949, with linked reader references where each row is available.