κάλαμος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for קָנֶה, Isa.42:3, Eze.40:3 ff., al. ;]
a reed: Mat.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. 4Ki.18:21, ῥάβδος καλαμίνη): Mat.27:29-30, 48, Mrk.15:19, 36;
__(with) a measuring reed or rod (Ez, l.with): Rev.11:1 21:15-16;
__(d) a writing reed, a pen: III Jn 13 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 9, 7).†
(AS)