κάλαμος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for קָנֶה, Is 42:3, Ez 40:3 ff., al.;]
a reed: Mt 11:712:20(LXX), Lk 7:24; hence, acc. to its various uses,
(a) a reed-pipe, flute;
(b) a reed-staff, staff (cf. IV Ki 18:21, ῥάβδος καλαμίνη): Mt 27:29, 30, 48, Mk 15:19, 36;
(c) a measuring reed or rod (Ez 40:3 ff.): Re 11:121:15, 16;
(d) a writing reed, a pen: III Jo 13 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 9, 7).†