Word

κόλπος

kólpos · G2859 · Greek · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

bosom, lap

The region of the body extending from the breast to the legs, especially when a person is in a seated position

Examples
Luke 16:22 “Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s arms; and the rich man also died and was buried.
Luke 16:23 “And in Hades he raised his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his arms.
John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time; God the only Son, who is in the arms of the Father, He has explained Him.
fold

The fold of a garment forming a type of pocket or container

Examples
Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”
bay, gulf

A part of the sea which is partially enclosed by land

Examples
Acts 27:39 Now when day came, they could not recognize the land; but they did notice a bay with a beach, and they resolved to run the ship onto it if they could.
Abraham’s bosom, heaven

(An idiom, literally: Abraham’s bosom) The heavenly abode, with the implication of close interpersonal relations

Examples
Luke 16:22 “Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s arms; and the rich man also died and was buried.
Luke 16:23 “And in Hades he raised his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his arms.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

5 occurrences in 5 groups

ἈβραάμAbraham 1
ἸησοῦςJesus 1
πατήρfather 1
σύyou 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 2 groups

ἔχωto have 1
τὶςsomeone 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

κατανοέωto think about very carefully 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 2 groups

εἰςto 5
ἐνin 3

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.

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.

In the other Testament 1 word

חֵיק chêyq · H2436 · bosom, chest, lap: Hebrew חֵיק and Greek κόλπος both denote the bosom or lap as an anatomical or positional space, each also extended figuratively (to a bay or gulf in Greek, to 'midst' or 'within' in Hebrew); the strong alignment between them reflects a direct lexical correspondence in the Septuagint, where Greek κόλπος consistently renders Hebrew חֵיק in equivalent contexts.

Semantic domains 5 entries

Abraham’s bosom, heaven1.16: κόλπος can name Abraham’s bosom as a figure for the place of the righteous dead. Luke 16:22 recounts that “the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s arms,” the κόλπον naming this place of comfort where Lazarus was carried.
Bay, gulf1.74: The same word can also name a bay or inlet of the sea. Acts 27:39 recounts that during the shipwreck voyage, the sailors “did notice a bay with a beach, and they resolved to run the ship onto it if they could,” the κόλπον naming this coastal bay they aimed for.
To be closely involved with, to be close beside34.18: κόλπος can figuratively describe intimate closeness with another person. John 1:18 describes “God the only Son, who is in the arms of the Father,” the κόλπον naming this intimate closeness of the Son with the Father.
Fold6.181: The word can also name the fold of a garment used to hold something, as in receiving a gift poured into one’s lap. Luke 6:38 has Jesus promising, “They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over,” the κόλπον naming this garment-fold used to receive the overflowing measure.
Bosom, lap8.39: κόλπος can also denote the bosom or chest as the place where one reclines close to another at a meal. John 13:23 describes the beloved disciple as “Lying back on Jesus’ chest,” the κόλπῳ naming this position at Jesus’ side during the meal.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κόλπου, ὁ (apparently akin to κοῖλος hollow, (yet cf. Vanicek, p. 179; Liddell and Scott,…

κόλπου, ὁ (apparently akin to κοῖλος hollow, (yet cf. Vanicek, p. 179; Liddell and Scott, under the word)), Hebrew חֵיק; the bosom (Latinsinus), i. e. as in the Greek writings from Homer down:
1. the front of the body between the arms hence ἀνακεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ τίνος, of the one who so reclines at table that his head covers the bosom as it were, the chest, of the one next him (cf. B. D. under the word ), Jn 13:23. Hence the figurative expressions, ἐν τοῖς κόλποις (on the plural, which occurs as early as Homer, Iliad 9, 570, cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; (Buttmann, 24 (21))) τοῦ Ἀβραάμ εἶναι, to obtain the seat next to Abraham, i. e. to be partaker of the same blessedness as Abraham in paradise, Lk 16:23; ἀποφέρεσθαι... εἰς τόν κόλπον Ἀβραάμ, to be borne away to the enjoyment of the same felicity with Abraham, Lk 16:22 (οὕτω γάρ παθόντας — according to another reading θανόντας — Ἀβραάμ καί Ἰσαάκ καί Ἰακώβ ὑποδέξονται εἰς τούς κόλπους αὐτῶν, 4 Macc. 13:16; (see B. D. under the phrase, Abraham's bosom, and) on the rabbinical phrase אברהם שׁל בּחיקו, in Abraham's bosom, to designate bliss in paradise, cf. Lightfoot, Horace, Hebrew et Talmud., p. 851ff); ὁ ὤν εἰς τόν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός, lying (turned) unto the bosom of his father (God), i. e. in the closest and most intimate relation to the Father, Jn 1:18 (Winers Grammar, 415 (387)); cf. Cicero, ad div. 14,4iste vero sit in sinu semper et complexu meo.
2. the bosom of a garment, i. e. the hollow formed by the upper forepart of a rather loose garment bound by a girdle, used for keeping and carrying things (the fold or pocket; cf. B. D. under the word ) (Ex 4:6; Prov 6:27); so, figuratively, μέτρον καλόν διδόναι εἰς τόν κόλπον τίνος, to repay one liberally, Lk 6:38 (ἀποδιδόναι εἰς τόν κόλπον, Isa 65:6; Jer 39:18).
3. a bay of the sea (cf. Italiangolfo (English gulf — which may be only the modern representatives of the Greek word)): Acts 27:39.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

Regions Above the Earth2 occurrences Bodies of Water1 occurrence Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials1 occurrence Parts of the Body4 occurrences

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