G2563
κάλαμος
reed/stick/pen
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)
The KJV translates G2563 in the following manner:
reed (22x), pen (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
κάλαμος — kálamos
κάλαμος, καλάμου, ὁ, from Pindar down, Latincalamus, i. e.
a. a reed: Mat 11:7; Mat 12:20 (from Isa 42:3); Luk 7:24.
b. a staff made of a reed, a reed-staff (as in 2Ki 18:21): Matthew 27:29f, 48; Mar 15:19; Mar 15:36.
c. a measuring reed or rod: Rev 11:1; Rev 21:15 f (Eze 40:3-6; Eze 42:16-19).
d. a writer's reed, a pen: 3Jn 1:13; (see Gardthausen, Griech. Palaeogr., p. 71f).
12 occurrences
Matthew (5), Mark (2), Luke (1), III John (1), Revelation of John (3)