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Lexicon :: Strong's G2859 - kolpos

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κόλπος
Transliteration
kolpos (Key)
Pronunciation
kol'-pos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:824,452

Strong’s Definitions

κόλπος kólpos, kol'-pos; apparently a primary word; the bosom; by analogy, a bay:—bosom, creek.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2859 in the following manner: bosom (5x), creek (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2859 in the following manner: bosom (5x), creek (1x).

  1. the front of the body between the arms

  2. the bosom of a garment, i.e. the hollow formed by the upper forepart of a rather loose garment bound by a girdle or sash, used for keeping and carrying things (the fold or pocket)

  3. a bay of the sea

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κόλπος kólpos, kol'-pos; apparently a primary word; the bosom; by analogy, a bay:—bosom, creek.
STRONGS G2859:
κόλπος, κόλπου, ὁ (apparently akin to κοῖλος hollow, (yet cf. Vanicek, p. 179; Liddell and Scott, under the word)), Hebrew חֵיק; the bosom (Latinsinus), i. e. as in the Greek writings from Homer down:
1. the front of the body between the arms hence ἀνακεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ τίνος, of the one who so reclines at table that his head covers the bosom as it were, the chest, of the one next him (cf. B. D. under the word ), John 13:23. Hence the figurative expressions, ἐν τοῖς κόλποις (on the plural, which occurs as early as Homer, Iliad 9, 570, cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; (Buttmann, 24 (21))) τοῦ Ἀβραάμ εἶναι, to obtain the seat next to Abraham, i. e. to be partaker of the same blessedness as Abraham in paradise, Luke 16:23; ἀποφέρεσθαι... εἰς τόν κόλπον Ἀβραάμ, to be borne away to the enjoyment of the same felicity with Abraham, Luke 16:22 (οὕτω γάρ παθόντας — according to another reading θανόντας — Ἀβραάμ καί Ἰσαάκ καί Ἰακώβ ὑποδέξονται εἰς τούς κόλπους αὐτῶν, 4 Macc. 13:16; The words εἰς τοὺς κόλπους αὐτῶν are wanting in good Mss. (see B. D. under the phrase, Abraham's bosom, and) on the rabbinical phrase אברהם שׁל בּחיקו, in Abraham's bosom, to designate bliss in paradise, cf. Lightfoot, Horace, Hebrew et Talmud., p. 851ff); ὁ ὤν εἰς τόν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός, lying (turned) unto the bosom of his father (God), i. e. in the closest and most intimate relation to the Father, John 1:18 (Winers Grammar, 415 (387)); cf. Cicero, ad div. 14,4iste vero sit in sinu semper et complexu meo.
2. the bosom of a garment, i. e. the hollow formed by the upper forepart of a rather loose garment bound by a girdle, used for keeping and carrying things (the fold or pocket; cf. B. D. under the word ) (Exodus 4:6; Proverbs 6:27); so, figuratively, μέτρον καλόν διδόναι εἰς τόν κόλπον τίνος, to repay one liberally, Luke 6:38 (ἀποδιδόναι εἰς τόν κόλπον, Isaiah 65:6; Jeremiah 39:18 (Jer. 32:18)).
3. a bay of the sea (cf. Italiangolfo (English gulf — which may be only the modern representatives of the Greek word)): Acts 27:39.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
4:6
Proverbs
6:27
Isaiah
65:6
Jeremiah
32:18; 39:18
Luke
6:38; 16:22; 16:23
John
1:18; 13:23
Acts
27:39

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2859 matches the Greek κόλπος (kolpos),
which occurs 40 times in 34 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done me be upon you. I gave my maid into your [fn]arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her [fn]sight. May the LORD judge between [fn]you and me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:6 - The LORD furthermore said to him, “Now put your hand into your bosom.” So he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous like snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:7 - Then He said, “Put your hand into your bosom again.” So he put his hand into his bosom again, and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12 - “Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom as a [fn]nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - “If your brother, your mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or the wife [fn]you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:54

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - “The man who is [fn]refined and very delicate among you [fn]shall be hostile toward his brother and toward the wife [fn]he cherishes and toward the rest of his children who remain,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:56

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56 - “The [fn]refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and [fn]refinement, [fn]shall be hostile toward the husband [fn]she cherishes and toward her son and daughter,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:16 - Then Naomi took the child [fn]and laid him in her lap, and became his nurse.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - “But the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb
Which he bought and nourished;
And it grew up together with him and his children.
It would eat of his [fn]bread and drink of his cup and lie in his bosom,
And was like a daughter to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - ‘I also gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your [fn]care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you many more things like these!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:20 - “So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - He said to her, “Give me your son.” Then he took him from her bosom and carried him up to the upper room where he was living, and laid him on his own bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - The battle [fn]raged that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot in front of the Arameans, and died at evening, and the blood from the wound ran into the bottom of the chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:27 - Whom I [fn]myself shall behold,
And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My [fn]heart faints [fn]within me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 - “I have not departed from the command of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth [fn]more than my [fn]necessary food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34 - Because I feared the great multitude,
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And kept silent and did not go out of doors?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 - But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:11 - Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, destroy them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom
[fn]The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50 - Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants;
[fn]How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:7 - With which the reaper does not fill his [fn]hand,
Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:27 - Can a man [fn]take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:33 - The lot is cast into the lap,
But its every decision is from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:23 - A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom
To pervert the ways of justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:24 - The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
But will not even bring it back to his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:15 - The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has wrapped the waters in [fn]His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name or His son’s name?
Surely you know!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9 - Do not be [fn]eager in your heart to be angry,
For anger resides in the bosom of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:22 - Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD,
“Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations
And set up My standard to the peoples;
And they will bring your sons in their bosom,
And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:6 - “Behold, it is written before Me,
I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
I will even repay into their bosom,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - Both [fn]their own iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together,” says the LORD.
“Because they have burned incense on the mountains
And scorned Me on the hills,
Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:18 - who shows lovingkindness to thousands, but repays the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God. The LORD of hosts is His name;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:12 - They say to their mothers,
“Where is grain and wine?”
As they faint like a wounded man
In the streets of the city,
As their life is poured out
On their mothers’ bosom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:1 - Put the trumpet to your [fn]lips!
Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the LORD,
Because they have transgressed My covenant
And rebelled against My law.
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