Strong’s G2627 · Greek

κατακλυσμός
kataklysmós

Definition

an inundation

Etymology

from G2626 (κατακλύζω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • flood

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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