κάλαμος

κάλαμος, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX chiefly for קָנֶה, Es 42,3, Ezk 40,3 ff., al. ;]

a reed: Matt 11,7; 12,20" (LXX) Luk 7,24 hence, accusative, to its various uses,

(a) a reed-pipe, flute;

(b) a reed-staff, staff (cf. 2 Kong 18,21, ῥάβδος καλαμίνη): Matt 27,29-30, 48, Mark 15,19, 36;

(with) a measuring reed or rod (Ez, l.with): Åb 11,1; 21,15-16;

(d) a writing reed, a pen: 3 Joh 13 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 9, 7).†