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Lexicon :: Strong's G2578 - kamptō

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κάμπτω
Transliteration
kamptō (Key)
Pronunciation
kamp'-to
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary verb
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:594,413

Strong’s Definitions

κάμπτω kámptō, kamp'-to; apparently a primary verb; to bend:—bow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2578 in the following manner: bow (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2578 in the following manner: bow (4x).

  1. to bend, bow, the knee (the knees)

    1. to one

      1. in honour of one

      2. in religious veneration

    2. used of worshippers

  2. to bow one's self

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κάμπτω kámptō, kamp'-to; apparently a primary verb; to bend:—bow.
STRONGS G2578:
κάμπτω; future καμψω; 1 aorist ἐκαμψα;
a. to bend, bow: τό γόνυ (and τά γούνατα), the knee (the knees), used by Homer of those taking a seat or sitting down to rest (Iliad 7, 118; 19, 72); in Biblical Greek with the dative of person to one i. e. in honor of one, in religious veneration; used of worshippers: Romans 11:4 and 1 Kings 19:18 (where for כָּרַע followed by לְ); πρός τινα, toward (unto) one, Ephesians 3:14.
b. reflexively, to bow oneself: κάμψει πᾶν γόνυ ἐμοί, shall bow to me (in honor), i. e. everyone shall worship me, Romans 14:11 (from Isaiah 45:23); ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ, in devout recognition of the name (of κύριος) which Jesus received from God, Philippians 2:10 (cf. Winers Grammar, 390 (365); Lightfoot, Meyer, in the place cited; also ὄνομα, especially sub at the end. Compare: ἀνακάμπτω, συγκάμπτω).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
19:18
Isaiah
45:23
Romans
11:4; 14:11
Ephesians
3:14
Philippians
2:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2578 matches the Greek κάμπτω (kamptō),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:27 -

“Between her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay;

Between her feet he bowed, he fell;

Where he bowed, there he fell violently devastated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So he brought the people down to the water. And Yahweh said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps, you shall set him aside by himself, and so also everyone who kneels to drink.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men; but all the rest of the people kneeled to drink water.

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“For You have girded me with strength for battle;

You have [fn]subdued under me those who rose up against me.

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So he again sent the commander of a third fifty with his fifty. Then the third commander of fifty went up and came and bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and he begged him and said to him, “O man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24 - And Jehu [fn]drew his bow with his full strength and struck [fn]Joram between his arms; and the arrow went [fn]through his heart and he crouched down in his chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:20

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Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God.” And all the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed low and prostrated themselves to Yahweh and to the king.

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Now at the completion of the burnt offerings, the king and all who were present with him bowed down and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:13

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“God will not turn back His anger;

Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 -

“I have sworn by Myself,

The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness

And will not turn back,

That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.

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“Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to afflict himself?

Is it for bowing [fn]one’s head like a reed

And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed?

Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to Yahweh?

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Now when Daniel knew that the written document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, [fn]as he had been doing previously.

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