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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.)
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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 27 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:60 - He will bring on you all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will cling to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - The LORD will never be willing to forgive them; his wrath and zeal will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the LORD will blot out their names from under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8 - So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:2 - So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bikri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - Naaman’s leprosy will cling to you and to your descendants forever.” Then Gehazi went from Elisha’s presence and his skin was leprous—it had become as white as snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:6 - He held fast to the LORD and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the LORD had given Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 - the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:38 - when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:16 - each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:23 - The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - My mouth[fn] is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 - May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, LORD,[fn] is in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:8 - I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:4 - The perverse of heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:5 - In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:25 - Daleth I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:31 - I hold fast to your statutes, LORD; do not let me be put to shame.

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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 consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:11 - For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,’ declares the LORD, ‘to be my people for my renown and praise and honor. But they have not listened.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 - Because of thirst the infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth; the children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.
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