2001 Translation

KOLPON, kolpon

Sounds Like: KOL-pon

Translations: bosom, a bosom, lap, a lap, bay, a bay, gulf, a gulf

From the root: ΚΟΛΠΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the chest or breast area, often specifically the bosom or lap. It can also refer to a geographical feature like a bay or gulf, which is an indentation of the coastline, similar to how a bosom or lap forms an indentation. It is used to describe a place of rest, intimacy, or protection, or a curved inlet of water.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2859 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 34:13, 78:12, 128:7
• Proverbs — 19:24
• Isaiah — 65:6, 65:7
• Jeremiah — 39:18
• Lamentations — 2:12
• Luke — 6:38, 16:22
• John — 1:18

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 12:273
• Book 19 — 1:6

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Five — 7:37
• Book Six — 3:19

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 16:5
• Exodus — 4:6, 4:7
• Numbers — 11:12
• Ruth — 4:16
• 1 Kings — 22:35
• Psalms — 34:13, 78:12, 128:7
• Proverbs — 19:21
• Isaiah — 65:6, 65:7
• Lamentations — 2:12
• Hosea — 8:1

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 6:38, 16:22
• John — 1:18
• Acts — 27:39

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΛΠΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΚΟΛΠΟ — bosom, a bosom, lap, a lap, gulf, a gulf, bay, a bay, fold, a fold
• ΚΟΛΠΟΙΣ — bosoms, laps, bays, gulfs, folds, pockets, embraces, hollows
• ΚΟΛΠΟΣ — bosom, a bosom, gulf, a gulf, bay, a bay, lap, a lap, fold, a fold
• ΚΟΛΠΟΥ — (of) bosom, (of) breast, (of) lap, (of) bay, (of) gulf, (of) fold
• ΚΟΛΠΟΥΣ — bosoms, laps, bays, gulfs
• ΚΟΛΠΩ — (to) bosom, (to) lap, (to) bay, (to) gulf, (to) pocket
• ΚΟΛΠΩΜΑ — hollow, depth, a hollow, a depth, fold, bosom, gulf, bay

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