κλύδων

κλύδων — klýdōn

κλύδων, κλύδωνος, ὁ (κλύζω, to wash against); from Homer down; a dashing or surging wave, a surge, a violent agitation of the sea: τοῦ ὕδατος, Luk 8:24; τῆς θαλάσσης, Jas 1:6 (Jon 1:4; Jon 1:12; Wis 14:5). [SYNONYMS: κλύδων, κῦμα: κῦμα a wave, suggesting uninterrupted succession; κλύδων a billow, surge, suggesting size and extension. So too in the figurative application of the words. Schmidt, chapter 56.]