Kataklysmós — G2627

Definition

masculine noun

an inundation

Usually translated as

flood

Origin

from G2626

• kataklýzō (G2626)

Occurrences

Kataklysmós occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Luke (1), 2 Peter (1)

• Matthew 24:38 — For as in the days that were before the flood (κατακλυσμοῦ) they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
• Matthew 24:39 — And knew not until the flood (κατακλυσμὸς) came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
• Luke 17:27 — They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood (κατακλυσμὸς) came, and destroyed them all.
• 2 Peter 2:5 — And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood (κατακλυσμὸν) upon the world of the ungodly;