"smoke, Acts 2:19; Rev. 8:4"
Definition and meaning
smoke, Acts 2:19; Rev. 8:4
In the original Greek the word is written: καπνός
Historical context
The Roman Empire provided infrastructure no previous civilization had built — roads, sea routes, a common language in Greek, and relative peace across the Mediterranean. Jewish synagogues existed in every major city, giving Paul a starting point everywhere he traveled. The early church had no buildings, no political power, no social standing — and spread faster than any movement in ancient history.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of kapnos (G2586) across the King James Bible.
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
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Common questions
Strong's G2586 (kapnos) is a Greek word that means: smoke, Acts 2:19; Rev. 8:4 It appears 11 times in the King James Bible.
The word kapnos (G2586) appears 11 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2586 is kapnos, a Greek word defined as: smoke, Acts 2:19; Rev. 8:4. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
kapnos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.