κάμπτω
kámptō · G2578 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to worship, to bow before
(A Semitic idiom, literally: the knee bends, or: the knee bows) To bend or bow the knee as a symbol of religious devotion
ExamplesRomans 11:4 But what is the divine response to him? “I HAVE KEPT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL.”
Romans 14:11 For it is written: “AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD, TO ME EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, AND EVERY TONGUE WILL GIVE PRAISE TO GOD.”
Ephesians 3:14 For this reason I bend my knees before the Father,
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- γόνυknee 2
- ὅστιςwhoever, whichever, whatever 1
- Not stated: I 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- γόνυknee 2
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ΒάαλBaal 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐνin+ ὄνομαname 1
- πρόςto, toward, with+ πατήρfather 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐnot 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀνήρman, husband 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- To worship, to bow before53.61
- In Romans 11:4, Paul quotes God's answer to Elijah, “I HAVE KEPT for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal,” using this word for the physical posture of bending in worship or reverence.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon future καμψω; 1 aorist ἐκαμψα; a. to bend, bow: τό γόνυ (and τά γούνατα), the knee (the…
a. to bend, bow: τό γόνυ (and τά γούνατα), the knee (the knees), used by Homer of those taking a seat or sitting down to rest (Iliad 7, 118; 19, 72); in Biblical Greek with the dative of person to one i. e. in honor of one, in religious veneration; used of worshippers: Rom 11:4 and 1 Kgs 19:18 (where for כָּרַע followed by לְ); πρός τινα, toward (unto) one, Eph 3:14.
b. reflexively, to bow oneself: κάμψει πᾶν γόνυ ἐμοί, shall bow to me (in honor), i. e. everyone shall worship me, Rom 14:11 (from Isa 45:23); ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ, in devout recognition of the name (of κύριος) which Jesus received from God, Phm 2:10 (cf. Winers Grammar, 390 (365); Lightfoot, Meyer, in the place cited; also ὄνομα, especially sub at the end. Compare: ἀνακάμπτω, συγκάμπτω).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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