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Lexicon :: Strong's G2853 - kollaō

Aa
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 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:5 - and said G3004, ‘FOR THIS G3778 REASON G6025 A MAN G444 SHALL LEAVE G2641 HIS FATHER G3962 AND HIS MOTHER G3384 AND BE JOINED G2853 TO HIS WIFE G1135, AND THE TWO G1417 SHALL BECOME G1510 G1519 ONE G1520 FLESH G4561’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:11 - ‘Even G2532 the dust G2868 of your city G4172 which clings G2853 to our feet G4228 we wipe G631 off G631 in protest against you; yet G4133 [fn]be sure G1097 of this G3778, that the kingdom G932 of God G2316 has come G1448 near G1448.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15 - “So G2532 he went G4198 and [fn]hired G2853 himself out G2853 to one G1520 of the citizens G4177 of that country G5561, and he sent G3992 him into his fields G68 to feed G1006 pigs G5519.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:13 - But none G3762 of the rest G3062 dared G5111 to associate G2853 with them; however G235, the people G2992 held G3170 them in G3170 high G3170 esteem G3170.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:29 - Then G2532 the Spirit G4151 said G3004 to Philip G5376, “Go G4334 up G4334 and join G2853 this G3778 [fn]chariot G716.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:26 -

When he came G3854 to Jerusalem G2419, he tried G3985 repeatedly to associate G2853 with the disciples G3101; and yet they were G5399 all G3956 afraid G5399 of him, as they did not believe G4100 that he was a disciple G3101.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:28 - And he said G5346 to them, “You yourselves G4771 know G1987 that it is forbidden G111 for a Jewish G2453 man G435 to associate G2853 with G2853 or G2228 visit G4334 a [fn]foreigner G246; and yet God G2316 has shown G1166 me that I am not to call G3004 any G3367 person G444 [fn]unholy G2839 or G2228 unclean G169.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:34 - But some G5100 men G435 joined G2853 him and believed G4100, among G1722 whom G3739 also G2532 were Dionysius G1354 the Areopagite G698 and a woman G1135 named G3686 Damaris G1152, and others G2087 with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:9 -

[fn]Love G26 must be free G505 of G505 hypocrisy G505. Detest G655 what G4190 is G4190 evil G4190; cling G2853 to what G18 is G18 good G18.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:16 - Or G2228 do you not know G6063 that the one who joins G2853 himself to a prostitute G4204 is one G1520 body G4983 with her? For He says G5346, “THE TWO G1417 SHALL BECOME G1510 G1519 ONE G1520 FLESH G4561.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:17 - But the one who joins G2853 himself to the Lord G2962 is one G1520 spirit G4151 with Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:5 - for her sins G266 have [fn]piled G2853 up G2853 as high G891 as heaven G3772, and God G2316 has remembered G3421 her offenses G92.
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