What does καπνός (kapnós) mean in the Bible?
καπνός (kapnós) is a Greek word meaning "smoke".
Greek · G2586
καπνός
Smoke
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καπνός G2586
Pronunciation kapnós
What does καπνός (kapnós) mean in the Bible?
καπνός (kapnós) is a Greek word meaning "smoke".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2586?
The BSB source-word alignment has 13 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include smoke (8), smoke [rising] (2), [the] smoke (1), of smoke (1), with smoke (1).
Where does καπνός (kapnós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 2:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (12), Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It smoke 8× Revelation 8:4, Revelation 9:2, Revelation 9:3, Revelation 9:17
smoke [rising] 2× Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:18
[the] smoke 1× Revelation 9:2
of smoke 1× Acts 2:19
with smoke 1× Revelation 15:8
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 2:19 καπνοῦ to of smoke Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Revelation 8:4 καπνὸς to smoke Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 9:2 καπνὸς to smoke Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 9:2 καπνὸς to [the] smoke Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 9:2 καπνοῦ to smoke Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Revelation 9:3 καπνοῦ to smoke Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Revelation 9:17 καπνὸς to smoke Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 9:18 καπνοῦ to smoke Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Revelation 14:11 καπνὸς to smoke Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 15:8 καπνοῦ to with smoke Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 2:19
Aligned rows 13
Books represented 2
Acts 1 Revelation 12
Source forms
καπνὸς 6x kapnos Revelation 8:4, Revelation 9:2, Revelation 9:17, Revelation 14:11
καπνοῦ 5x kapnou Acts 2:19, Revelation 9:2, Revelation 9:3, Revelation 9:18
καπνὸν 2x kapnon Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 6x Revelation 8:4, Revelation 9:2, Revelation 9:17, Revelation 14:11
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 5x Acts 2:19, Revelation 9:2, Revelation 9:3, Revelation 9:18
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. smoke
Strong's G2586
Lexical occurrences 13 verses Greek text appearances 13 times Word forms 3 forms 13 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
smoke
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
13 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 2:19 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
καπνοῦ· kapnou
smoke
Read verse Revelation 8:4 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
καπνὸς kapnov
smoke
Read verse Revelation 9:2 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
καπνὸς kapnov
smoke
Read verse Revelation 9:2 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
καπνὸς kapnov
smoke
Read verse Revelation 9:2 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
καπνοῦ kapnou
smoke
Read verse Revelation 9:3 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
καπνοῦ kapnou
smoke
Read verse Revelation 9:17 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
καπνὸς kapnov
smoke
Read verse Revelation 9:18 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
καπνοῦ kapnou
smoke
Read verse Revelation 14:11 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
καπνὸς kapnov
smoke
Read verse Revelation 15:8 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
καπνοῦ kapnou
smoke
Read verse Revelation 18:9 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
καπνὸν kapnon
smoke
Read verse Revelation 18:18 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
καπνὸν kapnon
smoke
Read verse Revelation 19:3 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
καπνὸς kapnov
smoke
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 13 Case pattern Nominative (6) Number pattern Singular (13)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rev 8:4 · Rev 9:2 · Rev 9:17 · Rev 14:11 · Rev 19:3 6×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 2:19 · Rev 9:2 · Rev 9:3 · Rev 9:18 · Rev 15:8 5×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Rev 18:9 · Rev 18:18 2×
Word Origins
καπνός is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain