August 24, 2025 - In Exodus 30: 23, God directed Moses to make a holy oil composed of ‘myrrh, sweet cinnamon, kaneh bosm and kassia.’ In many ancient languages, including Hebrew, the root kan has a double meaning —both ‘hemp’ and ‘reed’. In many ...

Original Word: κάλαμος Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kalamos Pronunciation: KAL-ah-mos Phonetic Spelling: (kal'-am-os) KJV: pen, reed NASB: reed, measuring rod, pen, rod Word Origin: [of uncertain affinity] 1. a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant) ...

Thus, the Septuagint did not recognize ... the Septuagint rendered it as "calamus" (Greek "kalamos"), which indeed is a "balmy" (scented) reed....

October 15, 2015 - “In the original Hebrew text ... and in traditional Hebrew “kaneh” or “kannabus.” The root “kan” here means “reed” or “hemp”, while “bosm” means “aromatic.” This word appears five times ...

First since there is a Greek word ... that derivation and have written kannabis meaning cannabis or hemp in Ex 30:23 instead of (kalamos) which means reed or cane, which is the same Greek word used for papyrus and all other reeds....

kalamos · Numbers · Strong's number: 2563 · GK Number: 2812 · Statistics · Frequency in New Testament: 12 · Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: n-2a · Gloss: reed, staff, stick, measuring rod, pen · Definition: a reed, cane, Mt. 11:7; 12:20; Lk. 7:24; a reed in its various appliances, ...

August 24, 2021 - The noun καλαμος (kalamos) means reed or stalk, or anything made from reeds — anything from roof covering to flutes, arrows, fishing rods, measuring rods, rods for support of vines and of course, pens to write with.

August 10, 2023 - At face value the use of calamus appears to sort of fit the “fragrant reed” description, but not very convincingly. Alternatively using cannabis as the translation of kaneh bosem checks off all the boxes.

February 6, 2016 - “In the original Hebrew text ... and in traditional Hebrew “kaneh” or “kannabus.” The root “kan” here means “reed” or “hemp”, while “bosm” means “aromatic.” This word appears five times ...

Strong's #2563: kalamos (pronounced kal'-am-os) · or uncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen:--pen, reed

G2563 - κάλαμος kálamos, kal'-am-os; of uncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen:—pen, reed.

June 11, 2025 - Benet argued that in many ancient ... translation of the Hebrew Bible, Septuagint, in the third century B.C., where the terms "kaneh" and "kaneh-bosem" had been translated as "sweet kalamos"....

In the Greek language, Kalamos primarily refers to a type of plant, specifically a reed that grows in wetlands. These tall, slender plants are often associated with marshy areas. However, Kalamos also embodies various symbolic meanings, especially in biblical literature.

G2563 - κάλαμος kálamos, kal'-am-os; of uncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen:—pen, reed.

Discover the original meaning of Kalamos in the NAS Bible using the New Testament Greek Lexicon - King James Version. Learn the audio pronunciation, word origin and usage in the Bible, plus scripture verse references of Kalamos.

G2563 - κάλαμος kálamos, kal'-am-os; of uncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen:—pen, reed.

December 14, 2012 - The root kan in this construction means “reed” or “hemp”, while bosm means “aromatic”. This word appears five times in the Old Testament; in the books of Exodus, the Song of Songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel.

G2563 - κάλαμος kálamos, kal'-am-os; of uncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen:—pen, reed.

December 7, 2023 - In 3 John 1:13 (see verse at top of post), the Greek word translated as “reed pen” is κάλαμος (kalamos ) which means “reed”. A κάλαμος is the woody stem of a tall grass, such as the water reeds that grew along the Jordan ...