Greek noun (masculine) · G2859
κόλπος
kolposkol'-pos
prop.; The bosom or fold of a loose garment falling over a girdle, used as a pocket, h; A bosom-like hollow, as a bay or gulf
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kólpos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2859is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2859
the bosom; by analogy, a bay
The King James renders it: bosom, creek.
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
kolpos is rendered "prop.; The bosom or fold of a loose garment falling over a girdle, used as a pocket, h; A bosom-like hollow, as a bay or gulf". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "prop.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Luke 6:38κόλπον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: prop., and The bosom or fold of a loose garment falling over a girdle, used as a pocket, h, and A bosom-like hollow, as a bay or gulf.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| prop.the bosom | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 16:22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side… |
| The bosom or fold of a loose garment falling over a girdle, used as a pocket, hence figuratively, εἰς τὸν κ. Isa.65:6, Jer.32:18 : Luk.6:38 | Tagged as
| WhereIsaiah 65:6Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay… |
| A bosom-like hollow, as a bay or gulfAct.27:39.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereActs 27:39When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach… |
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.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- κόλπον4
- κόλποις1
- κόλπῳ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular4N-ASM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM
Luke
three uses
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
- κόλπονkolponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: lap
One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
- κόλπονkolponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: bosom
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
- κόλποιςkolpoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: bosom
John
two uses
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- κόλπονkolponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: bosom
One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side.
- κόλπῳkolponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: bosom
Acts
one use
When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
- κόλπονkolponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a bay
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.