GreekG2853Verb

κολλάω

kollaō

12Occurrences
G2853Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to glue, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to stick (figuratively)

from ("glue");

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to glue or cement together.
2.Generally, to unite, to join firmly. Pass., to cleave to, join (oneself to)
LXX: chiefly for דָּבַק

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

κολλάω appears 12 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
5
1 Corinthians
2
Luke
2
Matthew
1
Revelation
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 6:16BSB

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.”

Acts 10:28BSB

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.

Acts 5:13BSB

Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.

Acts 9:26BSB

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.

Luke 15:15BSB

So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

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