Greek verb · G2853
κολλάω
kollaokol-lah'-o
to glue or cement together.; Generally, to unite, to join firmly. Pass.
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kolláō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2853is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2853
to glue, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to stick (figuratively)
The King James renders it: cleave, join (self), keep company.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kollao is rendered "to glue or cement together.; Generally, to unite, to join firmly. Pass.". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Five of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to glue or cement together.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 19:5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
Matthew 19:5κολληθήσεται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's twelve uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to glue or cement together., and Generally, to unite, to join firmly. Pass..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to glue or cement together. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 19:5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife… |
| Generally, to unite, to join firmly. Pass.to cleave to, join (oneself to): with dative of person(s), Mat.19:5(LXX), Luk.10:11 15:15, Act.5:13 (but see Field, Notes, 118) Act.9:26... | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 19:5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κολλυβιστής | kollybistes | moneychanger | Uses3 |
| κολλούριον | kollourion | eye salve | Uses1 |
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κολλᾶσθαι3
- κολλώμενος2
- ἐκολλήθη1
- ἐκολλήθησαν1
- κολληθέντα1
- κολληθέντες1
- κολληθήσεται1
- κολλήθητι1
- κολλώμενοι1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)3V-PPN
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-PPP-NSM
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-API-3P
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-API-3S
- verb · aorist passive, command · 2nd person singular1V-APM-2S
- verb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-APP-ASM
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-APP-NPM
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FPI-3S
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PPP-NPM
Matthew
one use
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
- κολληθήσεταιkollethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be joined with
Luke
two uses
‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’
- κολληθένταkollethentaverb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having clung
So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
- ἐκολλήθηekolletheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he joined himself
Acts
five uses
Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.
- κολλᾶσθαιkollasthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to join
The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”
- κολλήθητιkollethetiverb · aorist passive, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do be joined
When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
- κολλᾶσθαιkollasthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to join
He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
- κολλᾶσθαιkollasthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to unite himself
But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.
- κολληθέντεςkollethentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having joined themselves
Romans
one use
Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
- κολλώμενοιkollomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: cleaving to
1 Corinthians
two uses
Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
- κολλώμενοςkollomenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is being joined
But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
- κολλώμενοςkollomenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being joined
Revelation
one use
For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
- ἐκολλήθησανekollethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were heaped
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.