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Calm
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
primarily signifies "calmness, cheerfulness" (from a root gal---, from which gelao, "to smile," is also derived; hence the "calm" of the sea, the smiling ocean being a favorite metaphor of the poets), Matthew 8:26; Mark 4:39; Luke 8:24 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Calm'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/c/calm.html. 1940.