Dictionary entry

κῦμα

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κῦμα, -τος, τό

(< κύω, to be pregnant, to swell), [in LXX chiefly for גַּל;]

a wave: pl., Mt 8:2414:24, Mk 4:37; κ. θαλάσσης, fig., Ju 13.†

SYN.: κλύδων, q.v.