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Lexicon :: Strong's G2853 - kollaō

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κολλάω
Transliteration
kollaō (Key)
Pronunciation
kol-lah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From kolla ("glue")
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:822,452

Strong’s Definitions

κολλάω kolláō, kol-lah'-o; from κόλλα kólla ("glue"); to glue, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to stick (figuratively):—cleave, join (self), keep company.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G2853 in the following manner: join (one's) self (4x), cleave (3x), be joined (2x), keep company (1x), variations of 'reach' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G2853 in the following manner: join (one's) self (4x), cleave (3x), be joined (2x), keep company (1x), variations of 'reach' (1x).

  1. to glue, to glue together, cement, fasten together

  2. to join or fasten firmly together

  3. to join one's self to, cleave to

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κολλάω kolláō, kol-lah'-o; from κόλλα kólla ("glue"); to glue, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to stick (figuratively):—cleave, join (self), keep company.
STRONGS G2853:
κολλάω, κόλλω: passive, present κολλωμαι; 1 aorist ἐκολλήθην; 1 future κολλεθήσομαι (Matthew 19:5 L T Tr WH); (κόλλα gluten, glue); properly, to glue, glue to, glue together, cement, fasten together; hence universally, to join or fasten firmly together; in the N. T. only the passive is found, with reflexive force, to join oneself to, cleave to; the Sept. for דָּבַק: ὁ κονιορτός ὁ κολληθεις ἡμῖν, Luke 10:11; ἐκολλήθησαν αὐτῆς αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, her sins were such a heap as to reach even unto heaven (that is, came to the knowledge of heaven), Revelation 18:5, G L T Tr WH (ἐκολλ. ἡ ψυχή μου ὀπίσω σου, Psalm 62:9 (Ps. 63:9); αἱ ἄγνοιαί ἡμῶν ὑπερήνεγκαν ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, 1 Esdr. 8:72 (74); ὕβρις τέ βιη τέ οὐρανόν ἱκει, Homer Odyssey 15, 329; 17, 565). of persons, with the dative of the thing, κολλήθητι τῷ ἅρματι join thyself to etc. Acts 8:29; with the dative of person, to form an intimate connection with, enter into the closest relations with, unite oneself to (so the Epistle of Barnabas 10, 3f, 5, 8 [ET] also with μετά and the genitive of person, ibid. 10, 11 [ET]; 19, 2 [ET]. 6; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 15, 1 [ET]; 30, 3 [ET]; 46, 2 [ET] (cf. Lightfoot's note), 4): τῇ γυναικί, Matthew 19:5 L T Tr WH; τῇ πόρνη, 1 Corinthians 6:16 (Sir. 19:2); τῷ κυρίῳ, 1 Corinthians 6:17 (2 Kings 18:6; Sir. 2:3); to join oneself to one as an associate, keep company witlb Acts 5:13; Acts 9:26; Acts 10:28; to follow one, be on his side, Acts 17:34 (2 Samuel 20:2; 1 Macc. 3:2 1 Macc. 6:21); to join or attach oneself to a master or patron, Luke 15:15; with the dative of the thing, to give oneself steadfastly to, labor for (A. V. cleave to): τῷ ἀγαθῷ, Romans 12:9, ἀγαθῷ, κρίσει δίκαια, the Epistle of Barnabas 20, 2 [ET]; τῇ εὐλογία, so cleave to as to share, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 31, 1 [ET]. (Aeschylus Ag. 1566; Plato, Diodorus, Plutarch, others) (Compare: προσκολλάω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
1; 20:2
2 Kings
18:6
Psalms
62:9; 63:9
Matthew
19:5; 19:5
Luke
10:11; 15:15
Acts
5:13; 8:29; 9:26; 10:28; 17:34
Romans
12:9
1 Corinthians
6:16; 6:17; 15; 15:1
Revelation
18:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2853 matches the Greek κολλάω (kollaō),
which occurs 28 times in 27 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:20 - “Yahweh your God you shall fear; Him you shall serve, and to Him you shall cling, and by His name you shall swear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:60

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:60 - “And He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid, and they will cling to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - “Yahweh shall not be willing to pardon him, but rather the anger of Yahweh and His jealousy will [fn]burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will [fn]rest on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8 -

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Have you not heard, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not go on from this one, but [fn]stay here with my young women.

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So all the men of Israel went up from following David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah clung to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - from the nations concerning which Yahweh had said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not [fn]go along with them, nor shall they [fn]go along with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:18 - Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:3 - Nevertheless, he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin; he did not turn away from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - “Thus the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever.” So he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:6 - So he clung to Yahweh; he did not turn away from following Him, but kept His commandments, which Yahweh had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 -

The voice of the nobles was hidden away,

And their tongue clung to their palate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:38 -

When the dust hardens into a mass

And the clods stick together?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:16 -

“One is so near to another

That no air can come between them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:23 -

“The folds of its flesh cling together,

Hardened upon it and is not shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 -

My strength is dried up like a potsherd,

And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;

And You lay me [fn]in the dust of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 -

Tav

Let integrity and uprightness guard me,

For I hope in You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 -

For our soul has sunk down into the dust;

Our [fn]body cleaves to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:8 -

My soul clings [fn]to You;

Your right hand upholds me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:4 -

A crooked heart shall depart from me;

I will know no evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:5 -

Because of the sound of my groaning

My bones [fn]cling to my flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:25 -

Daleth

My soul clings to the dust;

Revive me according to Your word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:31 -

I cling to Your testimonies;

O Yahweh, do not put me to shame!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 -

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth

If I do not remember you,

If I do not [fn]exalt Jerusalem

Above my chief joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:11 - ‘For as the belt clings to the loins of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and the whole household of Judah cling to Me,’ declares Yahweh, ‘that they might be for Me a people, for a name, for praise, and for beauty; but they did not listen.’

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Beth

The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared

All the habitations of Jacob.

In His wrath He has pulled down

The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;

He has brought them down to the ground;

He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 -

Daleth

The tongue of the nursing baby cleaves

To the roof of its mouth because of thirst;

The infants ask for bread,

But no one breaks it for them.

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