Kludon denotes a sea wave, whether describing turbulent water or a figure for a doubter’s instability.

The attested use denotes a sea wave: Luke 8:24 places it among the water rebuked into calm, while James 1:6 uses a sea wave, driven and tossed by wind, as the comparison for the person who doubts.

1. Sea wave, literal or comparative · dominant

   Both occurrences use the dative singular form κλύδωνι in sea imagery. In Luke 8:24 the APB renders the scene as Jesus rebuking “the wind and the waves of the water,” after which calm comes; in James 1:6 it renders the doubter as like “a wave of the sea” that is wind-blown and tossed.

   Luke 8:24James 1:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the sea imagery as “waves of the water” in Luke 8:24 and “a wave of the sea” in James 1:6. These are renderings of whole clauses.