καπνός
kapnos (G2586)
smoke
AI Word Study
The Greek word καπνός (kapnos) is a noun with a clear and literal meaning: smoke. It is found thirteen times in the Bible, demonstrating its significance in various contexts. This term is part of the semantic domain related to Light & Darkness, suggesting that smoke is often perceived as dark or obstructive, contrasted with light. Its frequent appearances in biblical texts imply that smoke played an essential role in ancient Jewish culture and daily life, possibly referencing rituals, natural phenomena, or even architectural features like chimneys. In its various biblical uses, smoke seems to symbolize the ephemeral nature of things, as it arises and disappears quickly. Understanding καπνός (kapnos) sheds light on the cultural, geographical, and ritual aspects of ancient Jewish society.
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I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.
The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.
He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.
Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the horses’ heads resembled lions’ heads. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.
The kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her will weep and wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her burning,
and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like the great city?’
A second said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.”