Word

καπνός

kapnós · G2586 · Greek · 13 occurrences

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Meanings

smoke

The visible gases and particles given off by burning matter; varies in appearance from white to black and rises in the air

Examples
Acts 2:19 ‘AND I WILL DISPLAY WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD, FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE.
Revelation 8:4 And the smoke of the incense ascended from the angel’s hand with the prayers of the saints before God.
Revelation 9:2 He opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke ascended out of the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the shaft.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

7 occurrences in 6 groups

πύρωσιςburning, fiery trial 2
θυμίαμαincense 1
κάμινοςfurnace 1
φρέαρwell, pit 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
βασανισμόςtorment 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐκπορεύομαιto go out, to come out 1

What it doesIt is the subject

5 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀναβαίνωto go up, to come up 4
ἐκπορεύομαιto go out, to come out 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

βλέπωto see 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐκfrom 5

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀτμίςsteam 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

In the other Testament 1 word

עָשָׁן ʻâshân · H6227 · smoke: Greek καπνός directly translates Hebrew עָשָׁן across LXX usage, both denoting literal smoke from fire, sacrifice, or divine theophany, with no meaningful semantic distinction between the terms.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Smoke1.37: In Acts 2:19, Peter quotes the prophet Joel, “AND I WILL GRANT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE,” naming this rising cloud of fine particles directly.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon καπνοῦ, ὁ (fr Homer down), smoke: Rev 8:4; Rev 9:2f, 17, 18; Rev 14:11; Rev 15:8; Rev…

καπνοῦ, ὁ (fr Homer down), smoke: Rev 8:4; Rev 9:2f, 17, 18; Rev 14:11; Rev 15:8; Rev 18:9, Rev 18:18; Rev 19:3; ἀτμίς καπνοῦ, A. V. vapor of smoke, Acts 2:19 after Joel 2:30 ().

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Atmospheric Objects13 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0